Question

Jimmy walked from his house, to school, then to the store, and finally back home. The distance from the school to the store

Answer 1

The distance from Jimmy's house to the school is 400 meters.

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1; Assume that the distance between Jimmy's house and his school is x meters. So from the given data, we can form these

Distance from his house to the school = x,

Distance from his school to the store = Distance from his house to the school + 100 = x + 100,

Distance from the store to his house = Distance from his house to the school + 175 = x +175.

Step 2; It is given that the total distance Jimmy walked was 1,475 meters. Jimmy walked a total of three trips so,

x + x + 100 + x + 175 = 1,475,

3x + 275 = 1,475,

3x = 1,475 - 275 = 1,200,

x = 400.

So distance from Jimmy's house to school = 400 meters,

Distance from his school to the store = 400 + 100 = 500 meters,

Distance from the store to his house = 400 + 175 = 575 meters.