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Carly swam 4.5 miles yesterday. Her friend Christine swam 1.2 times as far as Carly. How far did Christine swim?

User Xaav
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Christine swam 3.3 miles yesterday. Btw your other friend was wrong he/she added when you were supposed to subtract...
EXAMPLE:

45
-12
----
33 -> 3.3 miles
User James In Indy
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Christine swam 6.75 miles
User Itzik Ben Shabat
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