Pippa is visiting a new client today.
She travels by taxi for 1/8 of the journey.
Pippa travels by train for 4/5 of the journey.
She walks for the remaining 900m of the journey.
Find the length of Pippa’s journey in kilometres.
Answer:
First find out what fraction of the journey Pippa travels by taxi and train
1/8 + 4/5 = (5+32)/40 = 37/40 or 92.5%
This means 900 metres is the remaining 7.5% of the journey
This means 1% of the journey is 900 divided by 7.5 or 120 metres
Therefore 100% of the journey is 12,000 metres
12,000 metres = 12km