Question

You and your cousin decide that you want to put a deck on the east side of the house. Your cousin also wants to place 3 evenly spaced decorative pillars on the deck. How far apart do the posts need to be if the side is 3x×7?

A) 7x/3
B) 3x/7
C) 21x
D) 7/3x

Answer 1

The distance between the evenly spaced decorative pillars on the deck needs to be 7x.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the distance between the evenly spaced decorative pillars on the deck, we first need to determine the total length of the side of the deck. In this case, the length of the side is given as 3x × 7, which simplifies to 21x. Since there are 3 evenly spaced pillars, we can divide the total length by 3 to find the distance between each pillar. Therefore, the distance between the posts needs to be 7x.