un atleta debe recorrer 30 km en sus ultimos 5 dias de preparacion para una competencia. el primer dia recorre frac{23}{2} km, el segundo frac{15}{4} km, el tercer dia frac{16}{3} km y el cuarto dia frac{35}{6} km. ¿cuanto km recorrió el atleta en estos cuatro dias?

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2021-02-13

An athlete must travel 30 km in his last 5 days of preparation for a competition. the first day runs 232 km, the second 154 km, the third day 163 km and the fourth day​​​​​​​ 356 km. How much km did the athlete travel in these four days?

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Macsen Nixon

Macsen Nixon

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The total distance the athlete traveled over the four days is the sum of the four given fractions.

To add fractions, you must first rewrite them to have a common denominator.

For the fractions, 232, 154, 163, and 356, the denominators are 2, 4, 3, and 6.

To find a common denominator, you then need to find the least common multiple of 2, 3, 4, and 6.

Since 2 and 3 are factors of 6, the lowest common multiply of 2, 3, 4, and 6 is the lowest common multiple of 4 and 6.

The first few multiples of 4 are 4, 8, 12, and 16, The first few multiples of 6 are 6, 12, 18, and 24.

The least common multiple of 4 and 6 is then 12.

You then need to rewrite the fractions to have a denominator of 12:

232=23×62×6=13812

154=15×34×3=4512

163=16×43×4=6412

356=35×26×12=7012

Now that the fractions have a common denominator, you can add them to find the total distance that the athlete traveled.

To add the fractions, add the numerators and leave the denominator the same:

13812+4512+6412+7012=138+45+64+7012=31712

To convert an improper fraction to a mixed number, determine how many times the denominator goes into the numerator. 12 goes into 317 twenty-six times with a remainder of 5 since 317=12×26+5.

Therefore 31712=26×512.

The athlete then traveled a total distance of 26×512 km ​ over the four days.

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