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The sled dog race extends 1049 miles from Anchorage to Nome. If a musher is three times as far from Anchorage as from Nome, how many miles has the musher completed?

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Answer:

209.8 miles to go.

Step-by-step explanation:

The musher is x miles from nome.

The ,usher is 4x miles from anchorage.

4x + x = 5x = total distance = 1049 miles.

if 5x = 1049, then 4x = 4/5 * 1049 = 839.2 miles.

if 5x = 1049, then x = 1/5 * 1049 = 209.8 miles.

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The musher has completed 839.2 miles and has 209.8 miles to go.

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