SOLUTION: If a woman walks 15km in 3 3/4 of an hour how many kilometres does she walk in a half of an hour and how many km does she walk in 1 1/6 of an hour

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Question 864489: If a woman walks 15km in 3 3/4 of an hour how many kilometres does she walk in a half of an hour and how many km does she walk in 1 1/6 of an hour
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15 km / 3 3/4 hours
Doing the division we get km/hour
15 / ( 3 3/4 )
15 / ( 15/4 )
15 * ( 4/15 )
60/15
4
4 km / hr
So in 1/2 hour * 4 km / hr = 2 km
In 1 1/6 hour * 4 km / hr =
7/6 * 4 = 28/6 = 4 4/6 = 4 2/3 km