Question

Jade ran six times around her neighborhood to complete a total of one mile. How many times will she need to run to complete 5/6 of a mile

Answer 1

the answer would be 5 laps because 1 miles= 6 laps and she needs to run 1 less then that.

Answer 2

-- 6 laps around the neighborhood = 1 mile

-- Each lap = 1/6 of a mile.

-- 5/6 of a mile requires 5 laps.

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Using a proportion:

('L' laps) / (5/6 mile) = (6 laps) / (1 mile)

Cross-multiply the proportion:

L lap-mile = (6) x (5/6) lap-mile

Divide each side by mile :

L lap = (6) x (5/6) lap = 5 lap