Question

Miguel took a taxi to the beach 23 miles from his hotel. After his day at the beach, he took a bus back for 11 miles. Then a friend pick him up and drove another 12 miles towards the hotel. How many more miles does Magill need to go until he is back at his hotel

Answer 1

Answer: 0 miles

Explanation:

Miguel took a taxi to the beach 23 miles from his hotel. After his day at the beach, he took a bus back for 11 miles. This means at this point, his distance from his hotel is 23 - 11 = 12 miles. Then a friend pick him up and drove another 12 miles towards the hotel. This means that they covered the remaining 12 miles from the hotel. Therefore

Miguel needs to go 12 - 12 = 0 miles until he is back at his hotel.

Answer 2

0 additional miles

Explanation:

Miguel travelled from his hotel to the beach by taxi. Total distance travelled by Miguel during the journey is 23 miles.

During the return journey, he travelled by a bus for 11 miles to an intermediate location.

From this point his friend picked him up and drove him towards the hotel for 12 miles.

So the total distance travelled by Miguel during the return journey = 11 + 12 = 23 miles

But this is the same distance as the onward journey. So at the end, Miguel is back at the hotel and there are 0 additional miles that he needs to cover.