Question
Marion places 5 bags an equal distance from one another. The distance between the first bag and the fifth bag is 140 cm. If Marion adds another 12 bags that are equal distance apart,
  1. How many gaps will there be between the twelfth bag and the seventeenth bag?
  2. What is the distance between the 12th bag and the 17th bag?
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Marion places 5 bags an equal distance from one another. The distance between the first bag and the fifth bag is 140 cm. If Marion adds another 12 bags that are equal distance apart,
  1. How many gaps will there be between the twelfth bag and the seventeenth bag?
  2. What is the distance between the 12th bag and the 17th bag?