Question

Armando lives on one end of a street with a newsstand on the other. Armando picks up newspapers at the newsstand and then delivers them to 14 equally-spaced houses on his way back. He travels from the newsstand to the first house, then delivers a newspaper to each house. At the end of his route, he continues down the street and goes home. Find the distance from the last house to Armando’s home.

Event: Armando’s newspaper delivery route

Distance from Newsstand to Armando’s Home: 340 m

Distance from Newsstand to First House: 30 m

Distance Between Houses: 20 m

Distance from Last House to Armando’s Home: ?

Answer 1

340m-30m-13*20m=x
x-distance from last house to Armando’s home.
x=340m-30m-260m=50m.
Distance from last house to Armando’s home. is 50m.