Question

Horace is riding his bike on a bike path. Horace's bike got a flat tire 3/4 of the way down the path and he had to stop. How far did Horace ride?

Answer 1

The distance travelled before developing a flat tire illustrates multiplication of fractions

Horace rode a distance of $\frac {9}{16} mile$ before having a flat tire

From the complete question, the length of the path is given as

$Length=\frac 34\ mile$

The fraction of distance (d) traveled before having a flat tire is:

$d=\frac 34$

So, the distance (D) travelled is:

$D=d \times Length$

This gives

$D= \frac 34 \times \frac 34\ mile$

Rewrite as:

$D= \frac {3 \times 3}{4 \times 4} mile$

$D= \frac {9}{16} mile$

Hence, Horace rode a distance of $\frac {9}{16} mile$

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