Question

A straight highway is 100 miles long, and each mile is marked by a milepost numbered from 0 to 100. A rest area is going to be built along the highway exactly 7 miles away from milepost 58. If 'm' is the milepost number of the rest area, which of the following equations represents the possible locations for the rest area?
A. | 58 - m | = 7
B. | m + 7 | = 58
C. | m - 7 | = 58
D. | 58 + m | = 7

Answer 1

The right answers would be B (7 miles after marker 58)
and C (7 miles before marker 58).  The problem doesn't say if the rest area is going to be built 7 miles before milepost 58 or 7 miles after it.

Answer 2

Answer is |58-m|=7

Because I put in the other answer and it was wrong so I have a picture to prove that the other answer is wrong and this one is right and you have to write 20 words so I'm writing all this