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A lap around the track is 3/4 of a mile. If you ran 4 miles, how many laps around the track did you run?

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Answer:

5 1/3 laps, but if it just wants full laps then 5.

Step by step:

Do 4 divided by 3/4. Set up the problem by 4/1÷3/4. Flip the second fraction making it 4/3, then you multiple. The solution of that is 16/3 which simplifies into 5 1/3

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Answer: 5 and 1/3

Explanation:

4/0.75

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