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Answer 1

Renee took a long flight to visit her family that lives out of the country. She slept for the first half of the trip and watched movies for
\[\frac{ 1 }{ 3 }\]
of the remaining flight. If the total trip took
\[11\frac{ 1 }{ 4 }\]
hours, how long did Renee watch movies?

Answer 2

@GoldPhenoix You know?

Answer 3

Maybe. Let me think.

Answer 4

@GoldPhenoix ok

Answer 5

So the trip took 11 1/4 hours, right? Hours?

Answer 6

After re-reading a couple of time. The trip took 11 1/4 hours. In the problem, it said that she slept for half of the trip. So what does (11 1/4) / (2) give you?

Answer 7

Its gives you 4 hours?

Answer 8

\[\large \large 11 \frac{ 1 }{ 4 } \div 2 =\]

Answer 9

^Do you know how to divide those 2 numbers?

Answer 10

because I used a calculator and it gave me 5.----- so I thought its 4 hours... wanna see my answer choices? @GoldPhenoix

Answer 11

I'll look at the answer choices later. So your saying that 11 1/4 divided by 2 give you 5?

Answer 12

answer choices:

one and seven-eighths hours

two and five twenty-fourths hours

4 hours

6 hours

Answer 13

Do you know how to do 11.25 / 2 ?

Answer 14

Oh my bad, didn't look at the other reply. 4 is not correct.

Answer 15

@GoldPhenoix yes and as a fraction you get 5 5/8 and as an improper fraction you get 45/8

Answer 16

Yeah, sorry. Didn't look at the other reply. Yes, 5 5/8.
Now this mean that she slept 5 5/8 hours.
And since that is half of the trip, she watched tv for 1/3 of the remaining trip. So,