juan entered a bike race in which he was to ride 45 miles stopping at certain intervals during the race to cheek in with the scores. he cheeked in 9 times befor he cross to the finish line .if the intervals were equally spaced throught out the race , how far apart were they?
How do you think you can solve this problem?
divide it?
Yes. I'll be glad to check your answer.
Be careful, though. If he stopped 9 times, how many intervals are there?
Again, it would help to sketch a diagram.
Right.
To find out how far apart the intervals were, we need to divide the total distance Juan traveled (45 miles) by the number of intervals he checked in (9 times).
To calculate the distance between each interval, we can use the formula:
Distance between intervals = Total distance / Number of intervals
Plugging in the values, we get:
Distance between intervals = 45 miles / 9 intervals
Simplifying the calculation, we have:
Distance between intervals = 5 miles
Therefore, the intervals Juan stopped at were 5 miles apart.