A man drives 40 3/8 miles to work each day he stops for coffee at a shop that is 1/2 of the way to his job how far does the man drive before he stops for coffee
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(1/2)(40 + 3/8)
= 20 + 3/16
20 3/16
To find out how far the man drives before he stops for coffee, we need to calculate half of the total distance he drives to work.
The man drives 40 3/8 miles to work each day. To work with fractions, we can convert the mixed number 40 3/8 to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number (40) by the denominator (8), then add the numerator (3). This gives us a total of 323/8 miles.
To find half of this distance, we divide 323/8 by 2. When dividing fractions, we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction (in this case, 2/1).
(323/8) * (2/1) = (323/8) * (2/1) = 646/8 = 80 6/8 = 80 3/4 miles
Therefore, the man drives 80 3/4 miles before he stops for coffee.