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Let's assign a variable to represent Jennifer's distance. Let's say Jennifer's distance is 'x' miles.
We know that Matthew travels two and one half miles, which can also be written as 2.5 miles. We can write this as an equation:
2.5 = 3x
To solve for x, we need to isolate the variable on one side of the equation. We can do this by dividing both sides of the equation by 3:
2.5/3 = (3x)/3
0.8333 = x
So Jennifer travels approximately 0.8333 miles (or 4/12 or 5/15 of a mile).