The distance between two towns is 15 miles. There are 20 distance markers evenly spread throughout the road between the towns. Jessie drove 45 of the distance when she was forced to stop because she ran out of gas. How far apart are the distance markers? miles How far did Jessie drive before she was forced to stop? miles
distance=15miles, 20 distance markers, 4.5 miles of driving, marker's space? a) lets the d= distance between the two towns. 15=20d d=.75miles apart. b)15miles-4.5miles=10.5miles
