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

Answer:

.25 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer: 0.25 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

When solving a word question, look for certain words that tell you what you should be solving for, and how to solve it.

In this problem, the group DIVIDES the length of the road EQUALLY, which tells you that in order to solve the problem, you must divide the length of the road by the number of volunteers.

The road is 2 miles long, and there are 8 volunteers, so

8/2 = 0.25

Thus, each person must clean 0.25 miles of road.