SOLUTION: if you go on a road trip of 60 miles in the mountains and 1/6 of the trip is downhil, how many miles of your trip are not downhill?

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Question 980570: if you go on a road trip of 60 miles in the mountains and 1/6 of the trip is downhil, how many miles of your trip are not downhill?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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(1/6)*60=10
10 miles of the trip is downhill
The rest of the trip is not downhill, and it has to be 60-10=50 miles.