Question
Charlie placed 22 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 84 cm.
  1. What was the distance between the first and seventh pin?
  2. Charlie decided to remove 7 pins and rearrange the remaining pins at a new equal spacing. What was the new distance of each spacing?
5 m
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(b)

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Charlie placed 22 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 84 cm.
  1. What was the distance between the first and seventh pin?
  2. Charlie decided to remove 7 pins and rearrange the remaining pins at a new equal spacing. What was the new distance of each spacing?