Becky lives 5 5/8 miles from school. Steve lives 1 5/9 times as far from the school as Becky. How far does Steve live from the s

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kirza4 [7]

3 years ago

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Becky lives 5 5/8 miles from school. Steve lives 1 5/9 times as far from the school as Becky. How far does Steve live from the s

chool?

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Anna11 [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-10T16:46:16+03:00

Anna11 [10]3 years ago

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Steve lives 1 5/9 as far as Becky so how far he lives should be 1 5/9(5 5/8) which is equal to 8.75 or 8 3/4 (I used a calculator but if you were to do this by hand it would be much easier to turn your mixed numbers into improper fractions)