Question

Shawna noticed that the distance from her house to the ocean which is 40 miles was one fifth the distance from her house to the mountains. Write and solve a division equation to find the distance from Shawna's house to the mountains.

Answer 1

40 ÷
`(1)/(5)` =

40 x 5 = 200 miles

Explanation:

distance from Shawna's house to the mountains = distance from her house to the ocean ÷ 1/5

40 ÷ 1/5

40 x 5 = 200 miles