Question

Ashley walks 800 meters along a straight northerly path to school. Upon reaching the school building, she realizes she forgot her lunch and runs home (along the same path) to get it. In order to make it back to school on time, she roller-skates back to the school, again along the same path. What distance did Ashley travel?

Answer 1

The rollerskates make no difference your answer is 2400 meters

Answer 2

She traveled a distance of 2400 metres

Step-by-step explanation:

Ashley walked 800 metres for the first time in the first trip. She then used the same path again so

800 + 800 = 1600

After that she went back to school along the same path

so

total distance she covered is

800 + 800 + 800 = 2400