Question

A motor racing circuit has length 5 5/6 miles.

A straight section of the circuit has length 1 1/4 miles.
What fraction of the circuit is the straight section?
Give your answer in its simplest form.

Answer 1

Answer: 3/14

Explanation:

Total length=5 5/6 miles= 35/6 miles

Straight section= 1 1/4miles= 5/4 miles

(1 1/4)/(5 5/6)=(35/6)/(5/4)=3/14

Answer 2

Total length = 5 5/6 miles = 35/6 miles
Straight section = 1 1/4 miles = 5/4 miles

The fraction of the circuit which is straight is

`(1 \, 1/4)/(5 \, 5/6) = (5/4)/(35/6) = (5 * 6)/(4 * 35) = (3)/(14)`

Answer:
`(3)/(14)`

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