1989 AJHSME Problems/Problem 6
Problem
If the markings on the number line are equally spaced, what is the number ?
Solution
Five steps are taken to get from to . Each step is of equal size, so each step is . Three steps are taken from to , so .
There are five steps, and y is step number three. We can get our answer by multiplying since all the steps are the same. . So, our answer is ----stjwyl
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