Question

You are designing a 5-kilometer course for a local charity run. your assistants provide you with the following measures in yards. you need to tell your assistants how much further they need to extend the finish line to complete the course. by how many more yards does the course need to be extended? course streets distance in yards main street to 6th ave. 781 6th ave. to pleasant road 1,250 pleasant road to city park 275 route through city park 2,337 city park to main street 725

a. 4,338
b. 5,338
c. 5,150
d. 4,812

Answer 1

To extend the 5-kilometer course, it needs to be extended by 4 kilometers.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how much further the course needs to be extended, we need to add up the distances provided in yards and convert the total to kilometers.

Given:

• Main street to 6th Ave: 781 yards
• 6th Ave to Pleasant Road: 1,250 yards
• Pleasant Road to City Park: 275 yards
• Route through City Park: 2,337 yards
• City Park to Main Street: 725 yards

We add up these distances: 781 + 1,250 + 275 + 2,337 + 725 = 4,368 yards.

Next, we convert this total to kilometers. Since there are 1,094 yards in 1 kilometer, we divide the total yards by 1,094: 4,368 / 1,094 = 4 kilometers (rounded to the nearest kilometer).

Therefore, the course needs to be extended by 4 kilometers.