The first and only stop of the flight can be Boise, Omaha or Chicago. This means there are 3 possibilities where to stop. From thee the flight connects to New York City, either to La Guardia or to JFK Airport.
1 possible route: Seattle-Boise-La Guardia
<span>2 possible route: Seattle-Omaha-La Guardia
</span><span>3 possible route: Seattle-Chicago-La Guardia
</span><span>4 possible route: Seattle-Boise-NYC
</span><span>5 possible route: Seattle-Omaha-NYC
</span><span>6 possible route: Seattle-Chicago-NYC
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Or in other words: There are two airports where the flight can arrive and for each of them there are three possible routes. So, in total there are 2*3=6 possible routes.
5 2/3 would be 3 times 5 +2 think of it as starting the letter C from the bottom to the top multiply the bottom and middle add the top
If you do that you should get 17/3
is more than 1/2 so he painted more than 1/2 of his house