At Point Pleasant Park, the Advanced Trail is 3.6 times as long as the Medium Trail, and the Medium Trail is 1.2 times as long as the Beginner's Trail. How many times as long as the Beginner’s Trail is the Advanced Trail? Write your answer as a decimal. Show your work.

Answer 1

Let the length of the Beginner’s Trail be x.
The length of the Medium Trail is 1.2x.
The length of the Advanced Trail is 3.6 * 1.2x = 4.32x.
Therefore, the Advanced Trail is 4.32 times as long as the Beginner’s Trail.