SOLUTION: in a number line with 7 equally spaced ticks, the second one is 2 and the last one is 42 and there are four tick marks between them. What is the the value of the second of those 4

Question 258889: in a number line with 7 equally spaced ticks, the second one is 2 and the last one is 42 and there are four tick marks between them. What is the the value of the second of those 4 tick marks?
(im sorry i cudnt draw the figure, so i had to explain the question this way)

Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(7-2)x=42-2
5x=40
x=40/5
x=8 the number of spaces between each tick.
2+(2*8)=2+16=18 is the value of the second of the 4 ticks.

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