A girl walked 6km from her house to a market and discovered that she had covered 4/5 of the distance to the market how far is the market from her house

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asked Oct 2, 2022 116k views

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Cedriga · Answer 1 · 2022-10-05T17:18:21+0000

Answer:
$7.5\ km$

Explanation:

Given

Girl has traveled 6 km from her house

She has covered
(4)/(5) of the distance

Suppose the total distance is x

$\therefore 6=(4x)/(5)\\\\\Rightarrow x=(30)/(4)\\\\\Rightarrow x=(15)/(2)\ \text{km}\\\\\Rightarrow x=7.5\ \text{km}$