A lawn mowing company had to mow one-ninth of a mile of grass. To make it quicker, they split the amount evenly between 2 workers. What fraction of the mile did each person mow?

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Braiden Phillips

Mathematics

18 January, 03:59

A lawn mowing company had to mow one-ninth of a mile of grass. To make it quicker, they split the amount evenly between 2 workers. What fraction of the mile did each person mow?

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Mateo Clark · Answer 1

To answer the fraction of the mile that each worker mowed you would need to find out what 1/2 of 1/9 is.

To do this you will multiply 1/2 x 1/9.

1/2 x 1/9 = 1/18

They each mowed 1/18 of a mile of grass.