Question

After a parade, a group of volunteers is helping to pick up the trash along a 2-mile stretch of a road.The group decides to divide the length of the road so that each volunteer is responsible for cleaning up equal-length sections.Find the length of a road section for each volunteer if there are 8 volunteers

Answer 1

0.08 mile or 422.4 feet

Explanation:

Distance=2 miles

number of volunteers=25

Length for each volunteers

`2(2)/(25) miles=0.08 mile\\`

= 422.4 feet (as mile = 5280 feet)

0.08 mile or 422.4 feet

Answer 2

it is .25 :)

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