Nine pegs are evenly spaced on a board so that the distance from each end to a peg equals the distance between any two pegs. If the board is 5 ft long, how far apart are the pegs?

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Nine pegs are evenly spaced on a board so that the distance
from each end to a peg equals the distance between any two
pegs. If the board is 5 ft long, how far apart are the pegs?
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