SOLUTION: Isabel has ridden 48 miles of a bike course. The course is 80 miles long. What percent of the course has Isabel ridden so far?

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Question 724742: Isabel has ridden 48 miles of a bike course. The course is 80 miles long. What percent of the course has Isabel ridden so far?
Answer by erika514(39) About Me  (Show Source):
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Okay, this one is simple....
So we know that Isabel has ridden 48 miles of an 80 mile course. So we are going to use our info and convert it into a fraction. Isabel has ridden 48/80 of the course,but...we can simplify this fraction by dividing the numerator and denominator by 16 to get the smallest possible fraction to work with. Our simplified fraction is now 3/5. So... Then we divide 3 by 5 to get a decimal that will be converted to a percent. 3/5 is 0.6, which is equal to 60 percent. Our final answer is that Isabel rode 60 percent of the course so far. Hope this helps...let me know if you have more questions. :)