Question

selena walks home to school each mm morning and back home each afternoon. altogether she walks 2/3 mile wach day. how far does selena live from school?

Answer 1

Answer:

One days trip of to school from home and back home from school is 2/3 of a mile. We want to know how far it is to school from her house.

To solve this, we simply need to take half of the total distance (2/3)

\frac{2}{3} / 2

Next, we need to turn the 2 into a fraction. Every whole number can be made into a fraction by putting it over 1.

\frac{2}{3} / \frac{2}{1}

Because we are dividing, we need to invert the second fraction and then multiply.

\frac{2}{3} * \frac {1}{2}

Next, we multiply the top of the first fraction by the top of the second and the bottom of the first fraction by the bottom of the second.

\frac{2}{6}

Once you reduce, you get:

\frac{1}{3}