Fiona starts at the beginning of a hiking trail and walks 4/5 mile. She counts the mileage markers that are placed every 1/10 mile along the trail. How many markers does she count?

1 Answer
Feb 11, 2016

8 markers.

Explanation:

You will just divide the distance travelled by Fiona with the length of interval when a marker will be located.

number of markers =

=((4)/(5))/((1)/(10))

=((4)/(5))xx ((10)/(1))

=((40)/(5))

=8