Question

Omari and Daisy live on the same street as their school the street runs from east to west Omari lives 5 1/2 blocks west of the school abd Daisy lives 4 1/4 east of the school how many blocks apart are on Omari's house and Daisy's house?

Answer 1

Their houses are apart by
`(39)/(4)` i.e.
`9(3)/(4)`.

Explanation:

We have that,

Omari and Daisy lives on the same street as their school.

It is given that,

Omari lives
`5(1)/(2)` =
`(11)/(2)` =
`(22)/(4)` blocks west of the school.

Dasiy lives
`4(1)/(4)` =
`(17)/(4)` blocks east of the school.

Thus, the number of blocks by which their houses are apart =
`(22)/(4)` +
`(17)/(4)` =
`(22+17)/(4)` =
`(39)/(4)`

Hence, their houses are apart by
`(39)/(4)` i.e.
`9(3)/(4)`.