document.write( "Question 1045704: I am stumped on this word problem. If it takes 5 3/4 hours to get from point A to point B and you have already traveled 1/3 of the way, how much longer will you travel?
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document.write( "I converted 5 3/4 to and improper fraction 23/4 and multiplied it by the reciprical of 1/3 and got an answer of 69/4.
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document.write( "here is my problem because the answer key has an answer of 3 5/6. Can you help me?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #661192 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! f it takes 5 3/4 hours to get from point A to point B and you have already traveled 1/3 of the way, how much longer will you travel? \n" ); document.write( "I converted 5 3/4 to and improper fraction 23/4 \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here is your mistake \"multiplied it by the reciprocal of 1/3\" \n" ); document.write( "You have already traveled 1/3 therefore you have 2/3 to go, hence \n" ); document.write( " |