SOLUTION: Tony drives 20000 km in a car that has five tires, four of which are in use at any one time. Tony rotated the tires so that each tire is used the same number of kilometers, The num

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Question 1198917: Tony drives 20000 km in a car that has five tires, four of which are in use at any one time. Tony rotated the tires so that each tire is used the same number of kilometers, The number of kilometers that each tire is used is
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Answer by greenestamps(13198)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


It seems to me to be common sense that if each of the five tires is used for the same number of kilometers, the number of kilometers each tire is used is 4/5 of the total distance.

ANSWER: 4/5 of 20000km = 16000km
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