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How many miles have they travelled?

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A family have been on a car journey to their holiday destination for four hours. In the first hour they covered one fifth of the total distance.

The next hour they covered one third of what was left.

The following hour they covered one quarter of the remainder and in the fourth hour half of the remaining distance.

They still have another 18 miles left. How many miles have they travelled?

posted Aug 12, 2014 by Deepak Negi

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they have travelled 72 mile.

answer Aug 28, 2014 by Vrije Mani Upadhyay



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