Question

One track coach wants his athletes to race 3 miles around a track to measure how fast each person can run. If the track is 1 over 3 of a mile around, then how many laps around the track will the athletes have to run to complete the race?

Answer 1

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Okay so i'm assuming they mean that the length of the track is 1/3 of a mile.
So the way that i would approach this problem is by coming up with an equation
Because we are dealing with a fraction im going to change 3 miles into a fraction so
`(3*3)/(1*3)= (9)/(3)`
So the equation

`(1)/(3)x= (9)/(3)` (multiply both sides by 3)

`(3)/(1)* (1)/(3)x= (9)/(3)* (3)/(1)` (the 3's cancel out)
x=9
so they have to run 9 laps to make 3 miles