document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=243690>Question 243690</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1.how much does 3/4 of 12 exceed 1/2 of 7?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.a train travels at a rate of 1 mile in 40 seconds how many miles per hour does it travel?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.a runner covers 3 feet with each pace, and the runner takes 200 paces per minute ,what total distance in feet will be covered in 3/4 an hour?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4. Lee and mike had a party. They divided the cake evenly between 4 people. One portion was divided equally among 3 children .how much cake did one of the children get. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #178515 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=178515\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1- how much does 3/4 of 12 exceed 1/2 of 7?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/4*12=36/4=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/2*7=7/2=3.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "exceed means how much more is it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We subtract 3.5 from 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9-3.5=5.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/4 of 12 exceeds 1/2 of 7 by 5.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2-a train travels at a rate of 1 mile in 40 seconds how many miles per hour does it travel<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40 seconds is 2/3 of a minute since 40/60 =2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so it goes 1 mile in 2/3 of a minute<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in one minute it goes 1.5 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply both by 3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 mile times 3/2 = 1.5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/3 times 3/2 equals 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so  it goes 1.5 or 3/2 miles in a minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but we want hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there are sixty minutes in an hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/2*60=180/2=90 miles an hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3-a runner covers 3 feet with each pace, and the runner takes 200 paces per minute ,what total distance in feet will be covered in 3/4 an hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/4 of an hour =3/4*60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*200=600 feet per minute<BR>\n" );
document.write( "600*(60*3/4)=600*180/4=600*45=6*4500= 38(2*4500) =3*9000=27,000 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4-4. Lee and mike had a party. They divided the cake evenly between 4 people. One portion was divided equally among 3 children .how much cake did one of the children get.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This problem is poorly worded.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It first decides that each person (that is one people) receives one portion (one quarter of the cake -much too large a portion ) and that children aren't people.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so each adult receives one quarter of the cake.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so if 3 children share one  adult portion we have 1/4 divided by 3=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so we have 1/4*1/3=1/12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/12 of the cake for each child.\r<BR>\n" );
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