SOLUTION: Five wrenches, arraged in order of size, have teh following measures inches 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, x, and 5/8. If the wrenches increase in size by the same amount, what is the measure

SOLUTION: Five wrenches, arraged in order of size, have teh following measures inches 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, x, and 5/8. If the wrenches increase in size by the same amount, what is the measure

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Question 437272: Five wrenches, arraged in order of size, have teh following measures inches 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, x, and 5/8.
If the wrenches increase in size by the same amount, what is the measure in inches of x?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If they're increasing in size;
7/16-3/8=7/16-6/16=1/16
The next one after 1/2 is 8/16+1/16 or 9/16..
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