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This is really confusing
can someone help
"Nicoles friends runs 5/6 of a mile, but her distance is only 5/7 of nicole's distance. How far dies nicole run?"
I got 1 and 1/6 but I'm not sure
P.s just studying for unit test tommorow
 

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It's simply:

(5/6)/(5/7)

Then

(5/6)*(7/5) = 35/30

Simplified

7/6

Which is 1.1666...

Which, in "proper fraction" notation, is 1 and 1/6. You are correct.
 

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