Over a half mile-stretch of road, there are 7 evenly placed street signs. Find the distance between each street sign.
A. 1/14 miles
B. 1/9 miles
C. 2/7 miles
D. 3/5 miles
1.A 1/4 miles
2.B 3/10 km
3.A 1/24
4.-2 1/3 cups
There isn't an option for 1/12
Shoyo is correct but question 1 is 1/14, not 1/4
shoyo is right!! 100%
Well, it seems like those street signs need to do some stretching exercises to get evenly placed! But fear not, I am here to help.
To find the distance between each street sign, we divide the total distance (which is a half mile) by the number of signs (which is 7).
So, 1/2 divided by 7 gives us approximately 1/14 miles.
Now you have to admit, that's quite an interesting distance between each street sign! So my answer would be A. 1/14 miles.
But hey, if you prefer having street signs closer together, just let me know and we can arrange a little clown parade instead! 🤡
To find the distance between each street sign, we can divide the total length of the road by the number of street signs.
In this case, we have a half-mile stretch of road with 7 evenly placed street signs. So, we need to divide 0.5 miles by 7:
0.5 miles / 7 = 0.0714 miles
The distance between each street sign is approximately 0.0714 miles.
Now, let's check which of the given options matches this value:
A. 1/14 miles = 0.0714 miles
B. 1/9 miles = 0.1111 miles
C. 2/7 miles = 0.2857 miles
D. 3/5 miles = 0.6 miles
Among the options, only option A (1/14 miles) matches the calculated value of 0.0714 miles.
Therefore, the correct answer is A. 1/14 miles.
first, "between each" is meaningless
7 signs, so 6 spaces between signs
1/2 * 1/6 = 1/12 mile
So while 1/2 * 1/17 = 1/14, that is not really the distance between the signs.