Here's how to convert 0.16666 to a fraction...
There is not much that can be done to figure out how to write 0.16666 as a fraction, except to literally use what the decimal portion of your number, the .16666, means.
Since there are 5 digits in 16666, the very last digit is the "100000th" decimal place.
So we can just say that .16666 is the same as 16666/100000.
The fraction 16666/100000 is not reduced to lowest terms. We can reduce this fraction to lowest
terms by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 2.
Why divide by 2? 2 is the Greatest Common Divisor (GCD)
or Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of the numbers 16666 and 100000.
So, this fraction reduced to lowest terms is 8333/50000
So your final answer is: 0.16666 can be written as the fraction 8333/50000
X = velocity of plane
y = velocity of wind
x - y = 1680/5 = 336 mph .....(1) [ plane flying against the wind]
&
x + y = 1680/4 = 420 mph....(2) [ plane flying with the wind]
Adding (1) and (2) to eliminate y gives
2x = 756
x = 378 mph is the speed of the plane with no wind.
The answer would be around 4.5 or 4.6
