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Emilie rides her bike x miles be for eshe gets a flat tire. She walks 1/3 mile to a bus stop and then takes a bus for 2 1/2 miles. Which expression shows how many miles Emilie travels in all?

Emilie rides her bike x miles be for eshe gets a flat tire. She walks 1/3 mile to-example-1
User Kymo Wang
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The answer is B because you want to add all three of these totals together. You always want a common denominator before adding fractions so remember that. Hope that helps :)
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Answer:

Option (B) is the answer.

Explanation:

Emilie rides her bike x miles before it gets flat tire.

Distance she walked to a bus stop =
(1)/(3) mile

Then she took a bus and traveled the distance =
2(1)/(2) miles or
(5)/(2)miles

So, total distance covered by her = x +
(1)/(3)+(5)/(2) miles

= x +
(2+15)/(6) miles

= x +
(17)/(6) miles

= x +
2(5)/(6) miles

Therefore, expression that shows the total distance traveled by Emilie is (x +
2(5)/(6)) miles

Option (B) is the answer.

User Vitalii Romaniv
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