Question

Ten members of Balin’s soccer team ran warm ups for practice. Each member ran the same distance. Their combined distance was 5/6 of a mile. To find the distance that each member ran, Balin wrote the expression below

Answer 1

Answer:

Each of the player ran (5/60) of a mile = 0.08 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let each of the member of Soccer team ran  k miles.

Hence, the distance ran by the team of  10 members ran =  

k+ k+ k.... 10 times =  10 k

Now, the total distance covered  was  (5/6) of a mile.

⇒ $10 k =\frac{5}{6} mile$

or, $k = \frac{5}{6 \times 10} mile$

or, k = 0.08 miles

⇒

Balin wrote the expression  k= 0.08 miles.

Hence, each of the player ran (5/60) of a mile = 0.08 miles.