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Hello, may I please have some help with this question. Thank you.

Hello, may I please have some help with this question. Thank you.-example-1

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The total distance that Kim walked in 3 days is 6 2/3 miles. We would convert this distance to mixed numbers. To do this, we would multiply 6 by 3 and add 2. The denominator would still be 3. It becomes

20/3 miles

If she walked 20/3 miles in 3 days, the number of miles that she walked per day would be

total distance/number of days

It becomes

(20/3) / 3

If we change the division sign to multiplication, it means that we would flip 3 such that it becomes 1/3. Thus, we have

20/3 * 1/3 = 20/9

= By converting to mixed numbers, we would find how many 9's are in 20. It is 2. The remainder is 20 - 18 = 2

Thus, the answer is

2 2/9 miles per day

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