jorge ran 1/4 miles on monday . on tuesday he ran 3/4 miles less. how far did he run on tuesday?
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Jorge ran 6 1/4 miles on Monday . On Tuesday he ran 3/4 miles less. how far did he run on Tuesday?
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To find out how far Jorge ran on Tuesday, we first need to determine how much he ran on Monday, and then subtract 3/4 miles from it.
On Monday, Jorge ran 1/4 miles.
To find out how far he ran on Tuesday, we need to subtract 3/4 miles from the distance he ran on Monday.
Subtracting 3/4 miles from 1/4 miles can be done by finding a common denominator for both fractions. The least common denominator (LCD) for 1/4 and 3/4 is 4.
When both fractions have the same denominator, you can subtract the numerators directly.
1/4 miles - 3/4 miles = (1 - 3)/4 miles = -2/4 miles.
However, since -2/4 miles implies moving in a negative direction and distance cannot be negative, we need to convert -2/4 miles into a positive distance.
Since -2/4 is equivalent to -1/2, we can say that Jorge ran 1/2 mile less on Tuesday.
Therefore, Jorge ran 1/4 miles - 1/2 mile = (1/4) - (2/4) = -1/4 mile on Tuesday.
Considering the distance cannot be negative, we can conclude that Jorge ran 0 miles on Tuesday, as -1/4 mile is not a valid distance.