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Maurice's shirt has five buttons that are vertically arranged and equally spaced. His shirt is shown in the photo below. The first and last buttons are 15.25 inches apart when measured from the top of the first button to the top of the last button. What is the distance, in inches, between the top two buttons on his shirt, from the top of one to the top of the other? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

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Answer:

The distance between the top two buttons on his shirt is 3.8 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

Maurice's shirt has 5 buttons. Distance between first and last button is 15.25.

If we see, they would be arranged like

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They are equally spaced between each button.

So, there are 4 equal spaces between the buttons.

Distance between each two consecutive buttons =[tex]\frac{15.25}{4}[/tex] =3.8125

So, distance between the top two buttons on his shirt is 3.8 inches.

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