Ahmad travelled 1/4 of a journey by Train X, 3/4 of the remainder by Train Y and the remaining 10km by Train Z. a) How far did Ahmad travel by Train Y? b) What was the total distance that Ahmad travelled?

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Train X takes out 1/4 of our journey.

Now, we have 3/4 of the journey left.

Train Y takes 3/4 of the last 3/4 of the journey. How much is that, let's just multiply the fractions!

3/4*3/4= 9/16

So, 9/16 of the total journey is done by Train Y.

A fourth of 16/16 is 4/16, so that leaves us with 3/16 left to go.

So, 3/16 of our total distance is equal to 10 km. Let's call our total distance d and set this up as an equation.

3/16d=10

Divide both sides by 3/16.

d= 53 1/3

We also remember that Train Y gave us 9/16 of our total journey, so we can multiply this by our total distance to see how far train Y went.

53 1/3 * 9/16= 30

So, A. Ahmad traveled 30 miles by Train Y and B. his total distance traveled is 53 1/3 miles.

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