Problema Solution

A marathon is a foot race that covers a course of about 26.2 miles. The world record time in the womans marathon is held by Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain. At one point in her record-setting pace, she was three times as far from the end of the course as she was from the starting point. How many miles had she run at that time?

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She has run x miles

So

x+3x=26.2

x=6.55

So she has run 6.55 miles