Question

An American Airlines trip from Boston to Los Angeles takes 8 ½ hours. Assuming we are ¼ of the way, how long has the trip taken so far?

Answer 1

\[\frac{1}{4}\times 8\tfrac{1}{2}\]

Answer 2

\[2\tfrac{1}{8}\]

Answer 3

thanks!! how did you come up with that?

Answer 4

since you are looking for a quarter of 8 1/2 you divide it by 4

Answer 5

to divide you use the inverse of the denominator which is 4/1 and multiply

Answer 6

but you first have to change the mixed fraction into an improper function so you will get 17/2

Answer 7

multiply and you get 17/8

Answer 8

change to mixed fraction and you get 2 1/8

Answer 9

nvm

Answer 10

actually yeah its good