Question

in a pepper airplane contest, amanda's plane flew 19ft farther than Darren's plane.Darren's plane flew twice as far as Rachel's plane. Rachael's plane flew 20ft.how far did Amanda's plane fly?

Answer 1

Amanda's plane flew 59ft

Explanation:

So you make simple formulas for this A= Amanda D= Darren and R= Rachel

Darren's is twice as far as Rachel's so D=2R

Amanda's when 19 more feet than Darren's so A=D+19

Then you plug in, you know R=20

D=2R D=2*20 D=40

A=D+19 A=40+19 A=59