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The campers in cabin a walked 1/4 of the way to otter ridge which is 13 miles. How do i figure out how many miles they walked?

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You can model the situation by 13/x=1/4, where x is the distance to otter ridge. you then cross multiply, getting you to x=52
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Multiply\ fraction\ times \ all\ distance\\\\ (1)/(4)*13miles=(13)/(4)miles=3(1)/(4)miles\\\\ They\ walked\ 3(1)/(4)miles.
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