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if alyssa plans to run 7/8 mile on a trail at one point she sees that she is at mile maker 0.3 How much farther does she have to run

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Rewrite 7/8 as a decimal by dividing 7 by 8:

7/8 = 0.875

Now to find how much further she has to run subtract where is now from the total distance:

0.875 - 0.3 = 0.575

She needs to run 0.575 miles more

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