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Below was a school assessment question:
" A park has a perimeter of 7/8 mile. Jamie walked around the park twice.
She stopped every 1/6 mile to do pushups. How many times did Jamie stop
to do pushups?"
1). 7/24 time
2). 5 1/4 time
3). 10 times
4). 11 times
Please explain why one of the answers is correct.
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Jamie walked the distance = miles.
To learn how many times is of a mile in miles,
divide of a mile by of a mile. The quotient is
= = = 10 = 10.
So, Jaime stopped 10 times to do pushups. ANSWER
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