Question

There are 26.2 miles in a marathon. Enter the number of miles using a mixed number in simplest form.

Answer 1

You have 26 miles, so that will be the number part of the mixed number. Then, you have 2/10ths of another mile. This can be simplified to 1/5th. So, your number is 26 1/5 miles.

Answer 2

26.2 miles can be written in mixed fraction form as follows

`26.2miles =26(1)/(5)miles`Explanation:

In this question we have given 26.2 miles which we have to convert in mixed fraction.

we have
`26+.2miles`

we have to convert .2 in fraction form

`.2=(2)/(10)\\.2=(1)/(5)miles`

Therefore,

26.2 miles can be written in mixed fraction form as follows

`26.2miles=26(1)/(5)miles`