2023 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 13
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Problem
Along the route of a bicycle race, 
water stations are evenly spaced between the start and finish lines,
as shown in the figure below. There are also 
repair stations evenly spaced between the start and
finish lines. The 
rd water station is located miles after the 
st repair station. How long is the race
in miles?
![[asy] //Diagram By TheMathGuyd, The road is widened for bicycle safety size(10cm); real tl = 0.2; real dpth = 0.8; fill((0,0)--(8,0)--(8,1)--(0,1)--cycle,mediumgrey); draw((0,.5)--(8,.5),dashed+white); draw((0,0)--(8,0)--(8,1)--(0,1)--cycle,black); draw((1,0)--(1,-tl)); draw((2,0)--(2,-tl)); draw((7,0)--(7,-tl)); label(rotate(45)*"Water 1",(0.6,-dpth)); label(rotate(45)*"Water 2",(1.6,-dpth)); label(rotate(45)*"Water 7",(6.6,-dpth)); label("\ldots\ldots",(4.2,-dpth)); label(rotate(90)*"Start",(0,0.5),W); label(rotate(-90)*"Finish",(8,0.5),E); //Someone is going to see this and find out I don't know how to put borders on text and laugh. real lh = 0.45; real lr = 0.1; path bx = (-lh,-lr)--(0,-lr)--(0,1+lr)--(-lh,1+lr)--cycle; draw(bx); draw(reflect((4,0),(4,1))*bx); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/d/d/edd55467fc82abbe5109d8bdb4c20106bd995b20.png)
Solution
Suppose that the race is 
miles long. The water stations are located at ![\[\frac{d}{8}, \frac{2d}{8}, \ldots, \frac{7d}{8}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/5/d/7/5d75992c71e35e3d504ae9cbb3b9aeeb572d0fbb.png)
miles from the start, and the repair stations are located at ![\[\frac{d}{3}, \frac{2d}{3}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/b/d/c/bdc9e9aa2443a5c15309d91a1a860ab82d30094a.png)
miles from the start.
We are given that 
from which
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See Also
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