Question

At Point Pleasant Park the advanced Trail is 3.6 * as long as the medium Trail and the medium Trail is 1.2 * as long as the Beginners Trail how many times has long as the Beginners Trail is the advanced Trail write your answer as a decimal

Answer 1

Let's define the lengths of the trails using the following variables:

- Let \( B \) be the length of the Beginners Trail.
- The Medium Trail, being 1.2 times as long as the Beginners Trail, can be represented as \( M = 1.2B \).
- The Advanced Trail, being 3.6 times as long as the Medium Trail, can be represented as \( A = 3.6M \).

Now, substituting for \( M \):

\[
A = 3.6(1.2B)
\]

Calculating \( A \):

\[
A = 3.6 \times 1.2B = 4.32B
\]

Therefore, the Advanced Trail is 4.32 times as long as the Beginners Trail.

**Final answer**: The Advanced Trail is **4.32** times as long as the Beginners Trail.