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Jade ran 6 times around her neighborhood to complete a total of 1 mile. How many times will she need to run to complete 5/6 of mile

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Set up a proportion where number of times is on top and miles is on bottom:
6/1 = x/(5/6)
Cross-multiply:
6*(5/6) = 1*x
5 = x
She must run 5 times around her neighborhood.
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