Given that 1 kilometre =5/8 mile, what is 240 miles in kilometres?

Correct Answer is : 384 km384\,{km}384km

Correct Answer is : 384 km384\,{km}384km

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BECE Mathematics 2023 Paper

Question : 18

Total: 40

=\frac{5}{8}

Solution:

\frac{5}{8}=1

kilometre

240 mile

=1

kilometre

\times 240

mile

\div \frac{5}{8}

mile

Change the division sign to multiplication and reciprocate the fraction.

240 mile

=1

kilometre

\times 240 \times \frac{8}{5}

240 mile

=1

kilometer

\times 48 \times 8

5 divides itself once and 240, 48 times.

240 mile

=384

kilometres

Dividing 240 by 5

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