Question

The mall is 15 miles from your home your school is 1/2 of the way from your home to the mall the library is 2/5 of the way from your school to the mall how many miles is it from your home to the library

Answer 1

Answer:  The mall is 12 miles from his home to the library.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of miles is from his home from the mall = 15 miles

The school  is $\dfrac{1}{2}$ of the way from his home to the mall.

The library is $\dfrac{2}{5}$ of the way from your school to the mall.

According to question, it becomes,

$15=\dfrac{1}{2}x\\\\15\times 2=x\\\\x=30\ miles$

So, the number of miles from his home to the library is $\dfrac{2}{5}\times 30=2\times 6=12\ miles$

Hence, the mall is 12 miles from his home to the library.