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Samantha and her friends are going on a road trip that is 245 7/50 miles long. They have already driven 128 53/100. How much farther do they have to drive?

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Answer: They have to drive 116 61/100 miles Step-by-step explanation:Road trip is 245 7/50 miles longThey have already driven 128 53/100Those are mixed fraction. To facilitate the calculation, we should transform them into improper fractions (numerator > denominator)245 7/50 = (50*245+7)/50 = 12257/50128 53/100 = 12853/100To find out much farther they have to drive, we need to subtract how much they have already driven to the total lenght of the trip:12257 - 12853 = 24514 - 12853 = 11661  50         100             100                100They still have 11661/100 to drive. In mixed fraction:116 61/100 miles