Asked by Anonymous

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
Answered by oobleck
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.
Answered by From Connections
There isn't an option for 1/12
Answered by shoyo
1.A 1/4 miles
2.B 3/10 km
3.A 1/24
4.-2 1/3 cups
Answered by i hate snakeu ( j-hope)
shoyo is right!! 100%
Answered by .
Shoyo is correct but question 1 is 1/14, not 1/4