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Eric has started running for exercise. He recorded the number of miles he ran each day this week in the table below.

On Monday, Eric ran 5/7 of the distance that he ran on Friday

How many Kilometers did Eric run on Monday

Monday: ?

Wednesday: 1 1/2

Friday 9/10

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Answer: 9/14

Explanation:

As Eric ran 5/7 of the distance ran on Friday, you have to times 5/7 by the distance ran on Friday.

So we have:

5/7 x 9/10 = 9/14

This is calculated by multiplying the numerators (numbers on top) and the denominators (numbers on the bottom)

Numerators:

5x9 = 45

Denominators:

7x10 = 70

So we now have the new fraction: 45/70, if we simplify this, we get:

45/70 = 9/14

(dividing the top and bottom both by 5)

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