Question

A 1 mile hiking path has signs placed every 240 ft there are signs at the beginning of the path and the end how many signs are there

Answer 1

Answer: 22 signs

Explanation:

First find out how many feet are in a mile.

A mile = 5,280 feet

There are signs every 240 ft so the number of signs are:

= 5,280/240

= 22 signs

There is a sign at the beginning and one at the end both of which are already account for in the 22.