matthew travels two and one half miles to get to school. this is 3 times the distance that Jennifer travels. how far does Jennifer travel?
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To find out how far Jennifer travels, we need to solve the equation where the distance Matthew travels is equal to 3 times the distance Jennifer travels.
Let's assign a variable to represent Jennifer's distance. Let's say Jennifer's distance is 'x' miles.
We know that Matthew travels two and one half miles, which can also be written as 2.5 miles. We can write this as an equation:
2.5 = 3x
To solve for x, we need to isolate the variable on one side of the equation. We can do this by dividing both sides of the equation by 3:
2.5/3 = (3x)/3
0.8333 = x
So Jennifer travels approximately 0.8333 miles (or 4/12 or 5/15 of a mile).
3J = 2.5
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