Question

After a parade, a group of volunteers is helping to pick up the trash along a 2-mile stretch of a road.The group decides to divide the length of the road so that each volunteer is responsible for cleaning up equal-lengthsections.Find the length of a road section for each volunteer if there are the following numbers of volunteers. Be prepared to explain or show your reasoning.a. 8 volunteersb. 10 volunteersc. 25 volunteersd. 36 volunteers

Answer 1

ANSWER

a. 0.25 mile

b. 0.2 mile

c. 0.08 mile

d. 0.05 mile

EXPLANATION

The group wants to pick up trash along a 2 mile road.

They divide the length of the road.

To find the length of the road that each volunteer picks up trash, we have to divide the length of the road by the number of volunteers.

Let us do that for the 3 options:

a. 8 volunteers

$\frac{2}{8}\text{ = 0.25 mile per volunteer}$

b. 10 volunteers

$\frac{2}{10}\text{ = 0.2 mile per volunteer}$

c. 25 volunteers

$\frac{2}{25}\text{ = 0.08 mile per volunteer}$

d. 36 volunteers

$\frac{2}{36}=\text{ 0.05 mile per volunteer}$