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patricia walked 1/8 of a mile to her aunts house yesterday. Tomorrow she plans to walk two and a half times as far in order to practice for her schools walk a thon. patricia knows that two and a half is the same as the fraction 5/2 how many miles will patricia walk tomorrow? Express the answer as a fraction in lowest terms

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Patricia walked 1/8 of a mile to her aunt yesterday.

Since she plans to walk two and a half times as far, 5/2. Multiply 1/8 by 5/2:


(1)/(8)\cdot(5)/(2)=(5)/(16)

She plans to walk tomorrow 5/16 miles.

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