Question

Mary runs 5 miles a day. two-thirds of this distance is through the woods. how many miles was Mary in the woods on her run?

Answer 1

The answer is 3.4 miles or 3.3333... (repeated)

Explanation:

Two find the answer all you have to do is divide 5 by 2/3 or 0.6666... which will come out to 3.3 repeated or 3.4 if rounded.

Answer 2

Mary runs 5 miles a day. Two-thirds of this distance is through the woods. So, Mary was in the wood on her run for 3.33 miles

Solution:

From question, given that:

Number of miles run by Mary in a day = 5

Also given that two third of the distance is through woods.

It means two third of the distance run by Mary in a day is through woods.

So two third of 5 miles run by Mary is through woods

Two third of 5 miles =
`(2)/(3) * 5 = (10)/(3)` = 3.33

= 3.33 miles

Hence for 3.33 miles, Mary was in the wood on her run.