at trace state park in mississippi, there is a 40 mile mountain bike trail. tommy rode 1/2 of the trail on saturday and 1/5 of t

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sdas [7]

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at trace state park in mississippi, there is a 40 mile mountain bike trail. tommy rode 1/2 of the trail on saturday and 1/5 of t

he trail on sunday. he estimates that he rode more than 22 miles over the two days. is tommy's estimate reasonable?

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seraphim [82] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-27T16:24:36+03:00

seraphim [82]4 years ago

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Yes it is reasonable because he rode half of the trail on Saturday which was 20 miles, then 1/5 of the trail on Sunday which was 8 miles for a total of 28 miles. Thus he rode more then 22 miles over the two days and making his estimate plausible.