It is 3/5 mile from elaine's home to her school. it is 1/10 mile from her home to the library. how much farther is elaine's home from her school than it is from the library?

3/5 is equivalent to 6/10

the school is 6/10 miles away
the library is 1/10 miles away

6/10-1/10=5/10

From her home to her school is 5/10 or 1/2 a mile farther than from her home to the library

the law of definite proportions states samples of a compound will always contain the same proportion of elements by mass. in other words, a given compound will always contain the same elements in the same proportions by mass.the law of multiple proportions states when two elements combine with each other to form more than one compound, then the weights of one element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers.