The county recreation department cleared a 3/4 mile long walking trail in Nashville. There will be a small sign every 1/12 mile along the trail. Including the beginning and end of the trail, how many signs are needed?

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To answer this question we will use the following diagram as reference:

From the above diagram, we get that we need a total of:

[tex]\frac{\frac{3}{4}\text{mile}}{\frac{1}{12}\text{mile}}+1[/tex]

signs.

Simplifying the above result we get:

[tex]\frac{\frac{3}{4}}{\frac{1}{12}}+1=\frac{3\cdot12}{4\cdot1}+1=9+1=10.[/tex]

Answer: 10 signs.

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