Question

Nash is training for a marathon and decides to train for 26 miles every week. In the first week, the ratio of the number of miles he ran to the number of miles he walked 3:10. In the fifth week the ration ran to walked is 8:5. How many miles did nash run in week 5

Answer 1

16 miles

Explanation:

From the question given above, the following data were obtained:

Miles per week for training = 26 miles.

In the 5th week:

Ratio of miles ran to miles Walked is 8:5

Thus, we can obtain the miles ran by Nash in the 5th week as follow:

Ratio ran = 8

Ratio walked = 5

Total ratio = 8 + 5 = 13

Miles per week for training = 26 mile

Mile ran in the 5th week = 8/13 × 26

Mile ran in the 5th week = 8 × 2

Mile ran in the 5th week = 16 miles

Therefore, Nash ran 16 miles in the 5th week of training.