Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
Your question is incomplete, but I am guessing that it reads something like:
“Diego has run 4/5 of a race distance. He has run 7 2/3 miles. How long is the race? Or “how many miles does he have left?”
How long is the race? = 9 7/12 miles
4/5x = 7 2/3
4/5x = 23/3
x = 23/3 • 5/4
x = 115/12
x = 9.58333
x = 9 7/12 miles
How many miles does he have left? = 1 1/12 miles
1/5 • 115/12 = 115/60 = 1.916666
= 1 55/60 = 1 11/12 miles
Let me know if I didn’t guess your question correctly and I will try to help more.
Answer and explanation:
The wrong step <u>is changing the sign in step 2</u>
Such that; in step 1 the student had; (x + 6) and (x - 2)
In step 2, the student should have;
x + 6 = 0 and x - 2 = 0 instead of x - 6 = 0 and x + 2 = 0
Step 3, will thus be;
x = -6 and x = 2
5 miles + 3 miles = 8 miles
8 miles out of 12 equals 8/12 = 1/3
so, your answer would be “he completed 1/3 of the total hike so far”
