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Franklin is a truck driver. He takes 3 breaks for every 500 miles driven. If Franklin has taken 9 breaks, how many miles has he driven?

Franklin is a truck driver. He takes 3 breaks for every 500 miles driven. If Franklin-example-1

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9/3=3, 3 of those 500 segments
3 times 500=1500 miles driven
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He would have driven 1,500 miles if he took nine breaks
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