SOLUTION: Jules's Verne's fictional submarine, the Nautilus, traveled 20,000 leagues under the sea. Let m leagues equal 1 mile. How many mailes dd the Natulis travel? write the problem as an

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Question 367960: Jules's Verne's fictional submarine, the Nautilus, traveled 20,000 leagues under the sea. Let m leagues equal 1 mile. How many mailes dd the Natulis travel? write the problem as an expression
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x = # of miles. Then 1 mile/m leagues = x/20,000, or 1%2Fm+=+x%2F20000, or
x+=+20000%2Fmmiles.