SOLUTION: a. The PTA placed a trail marker in the ground every four hundred yards. Every nine hundred yards, the PTA set up a water station. What is the shortest distance a runner will have

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Question 1108126: a. The PTA placed a trail marker in the ground every four hundred yards. Every nine hundred yards, the PTA set up a water station. What is the shortest distance a runner will have to run to see both a water station and a trail marker at the same location? ( you don't have to answer this question, it just gives you information for the question below).
b. There are 1,760 yards in one mile. About how many miles will a runner have to run before seeing both a water station and a trail marker at the same location? Calculate the answer to the nearest hundredth of a mile/
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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4*9=36, so at 3600 yards there will be a TM and a Station.
This is 2.045 or 2.05 miles.