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at trace state park in mississippi, there is a 40 mile mountain bike trail. tommy rode 1/2 of the trail on saturday and 1/5 of the trail on sunday. he estimates that he rode more than 22 miles over the
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at trace state park in mississippi, there is a 40 mile mountain bike trail. tommy rode 1/2 of the trail on saturday and 1/5 of the trail on sunday. he estimates that he rode more than 22 miles over the two days. is tommy's estimate reasonable?

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Yes it is reasonable because he rode half of the trail on Saturday which was 20 miles, then 1/5 of the trail on Sunday which was 8 miles for a total of 28 miles. Thus he rode more then 22 miles over the two days and making his estimate plausible. 
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