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Help, I’m in 6th grade I need help with this. I got the first one wrong and I can’t worth to lose the second part because it’s gunna mark it on my grades, plus it’s only 9 questions, and u can’t redo it but

Kevin is hiking on a trail that is 1.8 miles long. So far, he has hiked 80% of the total distance.
How many more miles does Kevin have to hike in order to complete the trail? Complete the explanation on how you found your answer.

Kevin has to hike 0.36 more miles in order to complete the trail.

Part 2 out of 2
Since Kevin has hiked 80% of the trail, he has 100% - 80% or ?%
So, 20% of 1.8 = ? × 1.8 = 0.36.

Help, I’m in 6th grade I need help with this. I got the first one wrong and I can-example-1

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Answer:

Part 1: 4.5

Part 2: 20%, 0.2

Explanation:

1. 1.8 = 80% We need to understand this.

So we can do this then:

2. 1.8/8 = 80%/8

3. 0.225 = 1%

4. 0.225 * 20

5. 4.5

(this is part 1 btw)

Part 2!

20% since 100-80 is 20.

20% -> 0.2

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