Question

John ran 6 1/2 miles.Ben ran half of John.Sara 4.75milesWhat is the cumulative distance of the 3 runners?

Answer 1

$\text{TotalDistance=John+Ben+Sara}$

From the exercise we have

$\begin{gathered} \text{John}=6\frac{1}{2}=6.5 \\ Ben=\frac{John}{2}=\frac{6.5}{2}=3.25 \\ \text{Sara}=4.75 \end{gathered}$$\begin{gathered} \text{TotalDistance=6.5+3.25+4.75} \\ \text{TotalDistance}=14.5\text{miles} \end{gathered}$

The answer is letter C 14.5miles