Question

To practice for an upcoming hot air balloon race,one team traveled 148 miles south to offload some packages.After that,they traveled another 132 miles north.Which of the best describes the estimate of how many miles the balloon team traveled in all.

Answer 1

280 miles in all

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

we are told that the team traveled 148miles south.

and also they traveled 132miles north.

Step two:

We are expected to solve for the total distance the team traveled

Hence total distance= 148+132= 280 miles in all

Note: the team;'s displacement is 148-138= 10miles in