It is given that, a mouse covered a distance of 3/24 miles over a distance of 3 hours. Each hour, the mouse traveled the same distance. Distance traveled in 1 hour can be calculated by dividing 3/24 miles by 3. So,

$d=\dfrac{\dfrac{3}{24}}{3}\\\\d=\dfrac{3}{24}\times \dfrac{1}{3}\\\\d=\dfrac{1}{24}\ \text{hours}$

Matt calculations shows that the distance is 3/8 hours. While dividing 3/24 by 3, he doesn't take reciprocal of 3 as a result he get 9 on numerator and 24 on denominator. Simplified fraction of 9/24 is 3/8. But the correct answer should be 1/24 hours.

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2 trains leave the same station at the same time but opposite directions.One train travels at 70mph and the other travels at 80m

Oliga [24]

It would be 13 hours went they pass

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3 years ago

Given sinx=45 and cosx=35 . What is ratio for tanx ?

allochka39001 [22]

I guess you mean 4/5 and 3/5

this is a right angled triangle with side 3-4-5 so 5 is the hypotenuse

sin x = opp / hyp = 4/5 so the opposite side is 4
cos x = adj/hyp = 3/5 so the adjacent side = 3

so tan x = opp/adj = 4/3

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How much is 3 quaters + three dimes + 5 cents equals? I'm trying to make a dollar

beks73 [17]

It equals 1 dollar and 10 cents

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