Given :
A bike path is 3 miles long. there are distance markers every path one fourth mile to the end of the path.
To Find :
Which number line correctly models this situation and the total number of distance markers.
Solution :
It is given that their are markers every 1/4 part of mile.
So, their are 4 markers per mile.
Numbers of markers in 3 miles long path is :
Therefore, the total number of distance markers in 3 mile path is 12.
Hence, this is the required solution.
. Multiplying the denominator by
gives
Subtracting this from the numerator gives a remainder of
. Multiplying the denominator by
gives
and subtracting this from the previous remainder gives a new remainder of
This last remainder is exactly the same as the denominator, so divides through it exactly and leaves us with 1.
What we showed here is that
and this last expression is the quotient.
To verify this solution, we can simply multiply this by the original denominator:
which matches the original numerator.