Question

Summer and Autumn live 25 miles apart and are training for a long race. They left their houses at 4:00 p.m. and met at 6:00 p.m. Summer ran at an average rate of 8 and 1/2 miles per hour. What is the answer?

A. 17 miles
B. 25 miles
C. 10.5 miles
D. 34 miles

Answer 1

Summer and Autumn live 25 miles apart. Summer ran at an average rate of 8 and 1/2 miles per hour. They met at 6:00 p.m. What is the distance between their houses? The answer is 17 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the distance between Summer and Autumn's houses, we can calculate the total distance they covered by adding up the distances each of them traveled. Since they met at 6:00 p.m., they ran for a total of 2 hours. Summer's average rate was 8 and 1/2 miles per hour, so she ran a total distance of 8.5 x 2 = 17 miles. Autumn would have traveled the remaining distance of 25 - 17 = 8 miles. Therefore, the answer is 17 miles (A).