Question
Tim placed 25 pins in a row from one to the other end of a bulletin board at equal distance apart as shown in the diagram. The distance between the first and last pin was 96 cm.
  1. What was the distance between the first and eighth pin?
  2. Tim decided to remove 8 pins and rearrange the remaining pins at a new equal spacing. What was the new distance of each spacing?
5 m
(a)

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(b)

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Tim placed 25 pins in a row from one to the other end of a bulletin board at equal distance apart as shown in the diagram. The distance between the first and last pin was 96 cm.
  1. What was the distance between the first and eighth pin?
  2. Tim decided to remove 8 pins and rearrange the remaining pins at a new equal spacing. What was the new distance of each spacing?