Question

the sum of the distancees two hikers walked is 53 mi, and the difference is 25 mi. what are the distances?

Answer 1

1: 14 2:39

Explanation:

Because they are two hikers and the difference is 25 we need to do 53-25 which is equal to 28. Then because there are two hikers you divide 28 by two and get 14. We now know that one of the hikers is 14 and the other must be 14+25 because of the difference so 14 and 39