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prealgebra junior

Problem

The five tires of a car (four road tires and a full-sized spare) were rotated so that each tire was used the same number of miles during the first miles the car traveled. For how many miles was each tire used?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
In the miles, four tires were always used at one time, so the amount of miles the five tires were used in total is . Five tires were used and each was used equally, so each tire was used for .
Final answer
C