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a student athlete rums 3 1/3 miles in 30 minutes a professional runner can run 1 1/4 times as far in 30 minutes how far can the professional runner run in 30 minutes

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The proffesional runner can run 50/12 miles or 4 1/6.

To figure this out turn both mixed numbers into improper fractions (denominator x whole number + numerator) and multiply both of the improper fractions ( numerator x numerator denominator x denominator )
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