In the diagram, the number line between and is divided into equal parts. The number is marked on the line. What is the
value of ?
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Solution
The distance between and
along the number line is .
The tick marks divide this distance into equal lengths, and so the distance
between adjacent tick marks is .
The number is tick marks to the right of , and thus the value of is .
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