SOLUTION: the question is 205 miles in 41 min / I found the GCF to be 41 then I solved as 1/5. It was corrected to 5/1 and I don't know why. Please explain.

SOLUTION: the question is 205 miles in 41 min / I found the GCF to be 41 then I solved as 1/5. It was corrected to 5/1 and I don't know why. Please explain.

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Question 1001769: the question is 205 miles in 41 min / I found the GCF to be 41 then I solved as 1/5. It was corrected to 5/1 and I don't know why. Please explain.

Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It depends on what you were asked to find. If you were asked to find miles/minute, then the answer is = 5
If the question 'find the minutes/mile', then 1/5 would be correct
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