Question

Sue lives 6 miles from Gill. She also lives 1 mile closer to Taco Town restaurant than Gill does. Write an equation that shows this statement: the distance from Sue's to Taco Town plus the distance from Taco Town to Gill's equals the distance from Sue's house to Gill's house.

Answer 1

The equation representing the statement is
`(x-1)+x=6`.

Explanation:

Given:

Distance from Sue house to Gill house = 6 miles.

Let the distance from Gill to Taco Town restaurant be 'x'.

Also Given:

Sue lives 1 mile closer to Taco Town restaurant than Gill does.

Hence Distance from Sue to Taco Town restaurant will be =
`x-1`

We need to write the equation for the below statement.

the distance from Sue's to Taco Town plus the distance from Taco Town to Gill's equals the distance from Sue's house to Gill's house.

Framing in equation form we get;

`(x-1)+x=6`

Hence the equation is
`(x-1)+x=6`.