Question

Selena walk from home to school each morning and back home each afternoon altogether she walks 2/3 mile each day how far does Selena live from school

Answer 1

1/3 miles. 2/3 divided by 2 = 1/3.

Answer 2

Selena lives
`x=(1)/(3)` mile far from school.

Explanation:

Let the distance Selena walk from home to school be x mile. then the distance she walk back to home will be x mile also . as distance between home to school is same as distance between school to home.

Total distance Selena walk each day = x + x = 2x

also, given distance traveled by Selena each day =
`(2)/(3)`

Thus,

`2x=(2)/(3)`

Solve for x, we get,

`\Rightarrow x=(2)/(3 * 2)`

`\Rightarrow x=(1)/(3)`

Thus, Selena lives
`x=(1)/(3)` mile far from school.