Problema Solution
Jade ran 6 times around her neighborhood to complete a total of 1 mile. How many times will she need to run to complete 5/6 of a mile?
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let
x = the number of time that Jade needs to run around her neighborhood to complete 5/6 of mile
since the number of time of running around the neighborhood is directly proportional with the number of miles we have:
6 : 1 = x : (5/6)
by solving we find:
x = 5 times
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Jade needs to run 5 times around her neighborhood to complete 5/6 of mile.