Question

A parade route is 3 4 mile long. there will be a refreshment stand at the beginning and end of the route. there will also be 8 refreshment stands along the route. all the refreshment stands are equally-spaced apart. how far apart are the refreshment stands in feet?


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Answer 1

The distance between the refreshment stands is 440 feet

Calculating distance

From the question, we are to determine how far apart are the refreshment stands in feet

From the given information,

The parade route is 3/4 mile long

and

There are refreshment stands at the beginning and end of the route. And there will also be 8 refreshment stands along the route.

This means there will be 10 refreshment stands in all.

If there are 10 refreshment stands in all, then there will be 9 spaces between the refreshment stands.

∴ The distance between any two refreshment stands will be

3/4 mile ÷ 9 = 3/36 mile = 1/12 mile

Now, we will convert this to feet

NOTE: 1 mile = 5280 feet

∴ 1/12 mile = 1/12 × 5280 feet

= 440 feet

Hence, the distance between the refreshment stands is 440 feet.

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