Question

3. Mary Ann drove 120 miles north to visit her grandmother. After her visit, she returned home driving south. Shedecided to visit a friend and drove 212 miles south to her friend's house. How far is she from her starting positionbefore she visited her grandmother?This is due today!!

Answer 1

92 miles

Step-by-step explanation

Let us make a sketch to represent the problem:

From the diagram, A is the starting point, B is the point she met her grandmother and C is the point she met her friend.

To find how far she is from her starting point, we have to simply subtract AB from BC.

That is:

BC - AB

= 212 - 120

= 92 miles

That is how far she is from her starting position.