one track coach wants his athletes to race 8 miles around a track to measure how fast each person can run if the track is 2/3 of a mile around. How many laps around the track will the athletes have to run to complete the race?
12
what is 8 ÷ (2/3) ?
One track coach wants his athletes to race 6 miles around a track to measure how fast each person can run. If the track is 37 of a mile around, then how many laps around the track will the athletes have to run to complete the race?
To find out how many laps around the track the athletes will have to run to complete the 8-mile race, we need to divide the total distance of the race by the distance around one lap of the track.
So, let's do the calculation:
Total distance of the race = 8 miles
Distance around one lap of the track = 2/3 miles
Now, divide the total distance of the race by the distance around one lap of the track:
8 miles / (2/3 miles)
To divide by a fraction, we can multiply by its reciprocal:
8 miles * (3/2 miles)
Multiplying the fractions, we get:
(8 * 3) / 2 miles
The calculation becomes:
24 / 2 miles
Finally, dividing 24 by 2, we get:
12 miles
Therefore, the athletes will have to run 12 laps around the track to complete the 8-mile race.