Answer:
5/14
Step-by-step explanation:
To work this out, we simply need to divide 1 3/4 miles by 4 9/10 miles.
1 3/4 ÷ 4 9/10
Start by converting both terms to improper fractions:
(4/4 + 3/4) ÷ (40/10 + 9/10)
= 7/4 ÷ 49/10
To divide, we simply multiply by the reciprocal of the second fraction:
7/4 * 10/49
= 70 / 196
Now we can take out common factors of the 70 / 196
70 / 196
= (5 * 2 * 7) / (14 * 2 * 7)
= 5 / 14
So the straight section of the track is five fourteenths of the entire length.
