<PRE><B>Question 177593</B>
lets call the total distance of the race x
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when she is 3 times a far from the end as she is from the beginning this means she had run 1/4x and still had 3/4x to finish the race.
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(3/4) is 3 times (1/4)
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so to find out how far she has run so far we take 1/4 and multiply it by x(the length of the race)
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{{{(1/4)(26.2)=highlight(6.55)}}} miles and she should have 3 times that amount left to run
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6.55*3=19.65 
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19.65+6.55=26.2..check</PRE>