Question

John rode his dirt bike down a mountain road that was 20 miles long. He passed by 10signs that were spaced evenly along the road. John wondered about the distancebetween each sign on the road. He decided to calculate the distance and came up withthe answer of 3 miles. Do you think he is correct or incorrect?

Answer 1

In this case, we have the following:

Total distance = 20 miles

Number of signs = 10

Since the signs are evenly spaced along the road, the distance between each sign is:

$\text{Distance between signs = }\frac{Total\text{ distance}}{Number\text{ of signs}}=\text{ }\frac{20}{10}\text{ = 2}$

Therefore the distance between each sign is 2 miles.

Since John got 3 miles as his answer, John IS INCORRECT.

ANSWER:

False, John is incorrect.