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A construction crew has just finished building a road. The crew worked for 2 7/9 days. If they built 2 1/5 kilometers of road each day, what is the total length of road they built? Write your answer as a mixed number in simplest form.

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let 'x' represent the number of kilometers built per day


(5 2/5)x = 12


((5*5 + 2)/5)x = 12


by solving we find


x = 2.22 km hope this is right

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