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UKMT Junior Mathematical Olympiad, 2017

Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

Howard is out running. He is now $\frac{3}{5}$ of the way through the second half of his run. What fraction of the whole run has he completed?

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