Question

Stan ran 4 and 4 7/10 miles, which was 1 and 3 Over 10 fewer miles than Matt ran. Four students wrote and solved equations to find m, the number of miles that Matt ran. Which student wrote and solved the equation correctly?

Possible Answers:

Answer 1

Answer:

Matt ran 6 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Stan ran 4 and 7/10 miles, and this is 1 and 3/10 fewer miles than Matt.

this means that Matt ran the following amount of miles

4 and 7/|0 + 1 and 3/10 miles:

(4 + 1) + (7/10 + 3/10) = 5 + 10/10 = 6 miles.

This would be the correct way to solve this equation.

Answer 2

Matt run 6 miles hope it help