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prealgebra junior

Problem

Six trees are equally spaced along one side of a straight road. The distance from the first tree to the fourth is 60 feet. What is the distance in feet between the first and last trees?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
There are spaces between the 1st and 4th trees, so each of these spaces has feet. Between the first and last trees there are spaces, so the distance between them is feet, .
Final answer
B