Neighborhood block:

StartFraction 3 over 20 EndFraction miles. A rectangle has a width of w.

Perimeter =

3

20

+ w +

3

20

+ w

Bijan wants to go running during his family's vacation to New York City. To do so, he will run a neighborhood block 20 times. Bijan runs a total of 8 miles. Use the formula for the perimeter of the neighborhood block and the reciprocal to find the width w of the city block.

miles

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Sammy Franco

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29 September, 14:41

Neighborhood block:

StartFraction 3 over 20 EndFraction miles. A rectangle has a width of w.

Perimeter =

3

20

+ w +

3

20

+ w

Bijan wants to go running during his family's vacation to New York City. To do so, he will run a neighborhood block 20 times. Bijan runs a total of 8 miles. Use the formula for the perimeter of the neighborhood block and the reciprocal to find the width w of the city block.

miles

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Grayson Schneider · Answer 1

Neighborhood block:

StartFraction 3 over 20 EndFraction miles. A rectangle has a width of w.

Perimeter =

3

20

+ w +

3

20

+ w

Bijan wants to go running during his family's vacation to New York City. To do so, he will run a neighborhood block 20 times. Bijan runs a total of 8 miles. Use the formula for the perimeter of the neighborhood block and the reciprocal to find the width w of the city block.

miles = 1/20