The hiking trail is #7 1/3# miles long. There are #6# markers posted evenly along the trail to direct hikers. How far apart are the markers placed?
1 Answer
Explanation:
The trail is
In order to solve this, you have to divide
After you change the fraction, you take
To do this, you must first change
When dividing fractions, you must always flip the second number, so the problem would be
This gives you
Now, you take it down to simplest form and get