Question

Three members of a teen hiking group hiked 3
5
of the entire Appalachian trail. The hikers took turns carrying a backpack of supplies. If each teen carried the backpack the same distance, what part of the total distance did each hiker carry the backpack?

In this problem, the numerator is the same number as the
.
So the answer will be a
unit fraction
.
Each hiker carried the backpack for
of the total trail distance.

Answer 1

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TheAnswer:

the weight of an object is the force acting on the object due to gravity. Some standard textbooks define weight as a vector quantity, the gravitational force acting on the object. Others define weight as a scalar quantity, the magnitude of the gravitational force.