Twenty Rivets Are Used to Fasten Two Steel Plates Together

question 11

Multiple Choice

Twenty rivets are used to fasten two steel plates together. The plates are 3.7 m long, and the rivets are equally spaced, with a rivet at each end. Find the distance between the rivets. Round to the nearest tenth of a centimeter.

• A) 194.7 cm
• B) 1.90 cm
• C) 18.5 cm
• D) 1.9 cm
• E) 19.5 cm

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