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billy was going to run 3/4 of thre trainjng course and jen was going rtn 1/2 of the course billy had finish 1/3 of the run while ken finish 1/2 of his run who run the farthest

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Answer:

Therefore both Ken and Billy ran the same amount of the training course.

Explanation:

i) Billy was going to
(3)/(4) th of the training course.

ii) Ken was going to run
(1)/(2) of the training course.

iii) Billy finished
(1)/(3) of his run Therefore Billy finished only
(1)/(3) * (3)/(4) = (3)/(12) = (1)/(4) of the training course.

iv) Ken finished
(1)/(2) of his run Therefore Billy finished only
(1)/(2) * (1)/(2) = (1)/(4) of the training course.

v) Therefore both Ken and Billy ran the same amount of the training course.

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