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A girl cycled a total of 15 kilometers by making 5 trips to work. How many trips will she have to make to cover a total of 24 kilometers

A girl cycled a total of 15 kilometers by making 5 trips to work. How many trips will-example-1
User Jay Hewitt
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15km=5 trips
24km= x

➡️ 15x = 24 * 5

➡️ 15x = 120

➡️ x = 8 trips

User Pbirkoff
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Answer:

8 trips

Explanation:

You can solve this by unitary method.

15 kilometers in 5 trips means 1 trip consist of 3 kilometers

Therefore, 24/3 = 8

So the required answer is 8 trips.

Thank you!!

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