Question

The distance between Cincinnati, Ohio, and charlotte, North Carolina, is about 336 miles.The distance between Cincinnati and Chicago, Illinois, is about 247 miles. If Perry drove from charlotte to Chicago by way of Cincinnati, find the distance he drove.

Answer 1

The distance of Cincinnati going to Charlotte, North CA = 336 miles
The distance of Cincinnati going to Chicago Illinois = 247 miles
Now, Let A = Charlotte, B = Cincinnati and C = Chicago. We assigned a variable to each places to make our illustration simple.
Perry, came from Charlotte, she’s going to Chicago via Cincinnati:
A ------------------------------------------------- B = 336 miles
B ------------------------------------------------- C = 247 miles
A ------------------------------------------------- C = (A-B) + (B-C)
=> 336 + 247
=> 583 miles.