Over a half mile-stretch of road, there are 7 evenly placed street signs. Find the distance between each street sign.

Question

A. 1/14 miles
B. 1/9 miles
C. 2/7 miles
D. 3/5 miles

shoyo · Accepted Answer

1.A 1/4 miles 2.B 3/10 km 3.A 1/24 4.-2 1/3 cups

oobleck · Answer

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.

From Connections · Answer

There isn't an option for 1/12

i hate snakeu ( j-hope) · Answer

shoyo is right!! 100%

. · Answer

Shoyo is correct but question 1 is 1/14, not 1/4