Question

Fraction word problems Your strip of paper represents one lap on a track. Three students ran a relay and took turns running equal parts of the track. The race was three- fourths of a lap long. How much of the track did each ran ?

Answer 1

A quarter
`((1)/(4))` of one lap of the track.

Explanation:

Three students ran ran a relay and took turns running equal parts of the track.

The race was three-fourths of a lap long.

Let the length of one lap of the track=x

The length of the race
`=(3)/(4)x`

Since each of the students ran equal part,

Length run by each student

`=(3)/(4)x / 3\\=(3)/(4)x X (1)/(3)\\=(1)/(4)x`

Therefore, each student ran a quarter
`((1)/(4))` of one lap of the track.