Question 1205861
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Below was a school assessment question:
" A park has a perimeter of 7/8 mile. Jamie walked around the park twice.
She stopped every 1/6 mile to do pushups. How many times did Jamie stop
to do pushups?"
1). 7/24 time
2). 5 1/4 time
3). 10 times
4). 11 times
Please explain why one of the answers is correct.
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Jamie walked the distance {{{2*(7/8)}}} = {{{7/4}}} miles.


To learn how many times is {{{1/6}}} of a mile in {{{7/4}}} miles,
divide {{{7/4}}} of a mile by {{{1/6}}}  of a mile.  The quotient is

    {{{((7/4))/((1/6))}}} = {{{(7*6)/4}}} = {{{42/4}}} = 10{{{2/4}}} = 10{{{1/2}}}.


So, Jaime stopped 10 times to do pushups.    <U>ANSWER</U>
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