Question

10.

An athlete wants to run 52.6 miles in 1 week. She runs 8.5 miles on Sunday. If she runs the same distance on each
of the 6 remaining days, how many miles will she need to run each day?

Answer 1

7.35 miles

Explanation:

Division

Example:
`(66)/(6) = 11`

Solution

Given 1 week = 7 days.

Given the athlete has ran 8.5 miles on Sunday, the remaining distance to run is:

`52.6-8.5\\=44.1 miles`

Distance to run each day for the remaining 6 days is:

`(44.1)/(6) \\=7.35 miles`