SOLUTION: if you go on a motorcycle trip of 90 miles in the mountains and 9/10 of the trip is downhill, how many miles of the trip are not downhill?

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Question 833246: if you go on a motorcycle trip of 90 miles in the mountains and 9/10 of the trip is downhill, how many miles of the trip are not downhill?
Answer by JulietG(1812) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is 9/10 of 90?
Convert 9/10 to decimal -- 0.9
Multiply 0.9 * 90 to get 81
If 81 miles are downhill, how many are not?
90-81 = 9