Question

Nicole is on her way in her car. She has driven 20 miles so far, which is one-half of the way home. What is the total length of her drive

Answer 1

If 20 miles is one-half of the way home, then the total length of her drive is 40 miles.

Here's the reasoning: if she has driven 20 miles and that is one-half of the way home, that means that the other half of the way home is also 20 miles. So the total length of her drive is the sum of the distance she has already driven (20 miles) and the distance left to go (20 miles), which is equal to 40 miles in total.

Answer 2

40 miles

Explanation:

If Nicole has driven 20 miles and this is only half the distance, then the total length of her drive would be 40 miles.

We can determine this with a simple algebraic equation:

Let x be the total length of her drive.

We know that Nicole has already driven one-half of the distance, which can be represented as:

20 = 1/2x

Multiplying both sides by 2, we get:

40 = x

Therefore, the total length of Nicole's drive is 40 miles.