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Lucia and Ronnie love running. Lucia runs 5 and 2/3 miles a day, if Ronnie runs 2/4 of what Lucia runs, how far does Ronnie run a day? *

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Answer: 2⁵/₆ miles a day

Explanation:

Lucia runs 5²/₃ miles a day. If Ronnie runs 2/4 of that then that means that Ronnie runs half of what Lucia runs.

Convert Lucia's distance to improper fractions:

= 17/3

Multiply this by 2/4:

= 17/3 * 2/4

= 34 / 12

= 17/6

= 2⁵/₆ miles a day

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