Question

Calvin's home is located at the midpoint between fast pizza and pizza now. pizza now is a quarter mile away from Calvin's home. how far away is pizza now from Calvin's home? hiw far apart are the pizzerias

Answer 1

Explanation:

Calvin's home is located at the midpoint between fast pizza and pizza now.

The distance between Pizza now and Calvin's home =
`(1)/(4)` mile

Therefore, The distance between Pizza now from Calvin's home is
`(1)/(4)` miles.

The distance between the pizzerias =
`(1)/(4)` +
`(1)/(4)`

=
`(2)/(4)`

=
`(1)/(2)` miles apart.

The pizzerias are
`(1)/(2)` miles apart.

Answer 2

As you said in the beginning pizza now is quarter mile away from Calvin`s, so this means pizza now is STILL quarter miles from Calvin`s house. And since his house is the midpoint so you must multiply 1/4 mile by 2 to get a product of 2/4 or 1/2 miles apart!!