Question

5. Saili plants 4 saplings, in a row , in her garden. The distance between two adjecent saplings is 3/4 m
Find the distance between the first and last sapling.

Pls help

Answer 1

Given : -

Saili plants 4 saplings, in a row , in her garden. The distance between two adjacent saplings is 3/4 m .

To Find : -

Distance between the first and the last sapling = ?

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Step-by-step Explanation : -

The distance between the sapling = 3/4m

Saili planted 4 saplings in a row , then no. of gap in the saplings is 3.

The distance between first and last sapling : -

3 × 3/4

9/4m

9/4m = 2(1/4)m

Therefore , the distance between the first and the last sapling is 9/4 m or 2(1/4)m .