Question

The distance between New York and Philadelphia by railroad is 90 miles; the distance between them by river and ocean is 240 miles. What fraction of the second distance is the first one?

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Answer 1

start with 90/240, then reduce the fraction
you can reduce by dividing each by 10 to get 9/24
reduce more from there, seeing that each number can be divided by 3
9/3 = 3
24/3 = 8
answer 3/8