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the distance between two schools is 156 kilometers. There are about 8 kilometera in 5 miles . which measurement is closets to the number of miles between these two schools?

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To find out how many miles are between the schools we first divide the kilometers by 8 and then multiply the result by 5.


(156)/(8)=19.5

now we multiply by 5,


19.5\cdot5=97.5

Therefore there are 97.5 miles between the schools.

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