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.