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A certain race is a distance of 20 furlongs. how far is the race in miles and yards ?

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4400 yards, 2.5 miles.

1) Considering that 1 furlong is 220 yards, we can write this out:

furlong --------------------- yards

1 220

20 x

x = 20 *220 After cross multiplying it

x = 4400 yards

2) In addition to this, 1 furlong is equivalent to 0.125 miles

So we can write this out too. Since there is a proportion:

furlong miles

1 0.125

20 y

y= 20 x 0.125

y = 2.5

3) Hence, 1 furlong is equivalent to 4400 yards and 2.5 miles.

y = 20 * 0.125

y =

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