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When she wants to go downtown, a woman walks 1/16 mile toa bus stop and catches a city bus. Last month, she walked a3/8 total of mile to the bus stop to catch the city bus. Howmany times did she catch the city bus last month?

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Notice that if we multiply the numerator and denominator by 2, we can write 3/8 like this:


(3)/(8)((2)/(2))=(6)/(16)

then,since the woman walk 1/16 mile each time she goes to the bus stop, then we have the following:


(6)/(16)=6\cdot((1)/(16))

therefore, the woman took the bus 6 times last month

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