If you go on a road trip of 190 miles in the mountains and 17/19 of the trip is downhill, how many miles of the trip are not downhill? Reduce to the lowest terms.

Answer 1

If 17/19 is downhill, that means that 2/19 of the trip is not downhill. So how much is 2/19 of 190 mile trip. Let’s multiply to find out.

2/19 x 190/1 = 380/19 = 20