Question

John ran 6 1/2 miles.Ben ran half of John.Sara 4.75milesWhat is the cumulative distance of the 3 runners?

Answer 1

`\text{TotalDistance=John+Ben+Sara}`

From the exercise we have

`\begin{gathered} \text{John}=6(1)/(2)=6.5 \\ Ben=(John)/(2)=(6.5)/(2)=3.25 \\ \text{Sara}=4.75 \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} \text{TotalDistance=6.5+3.25+4.75} \\ \text{TotalDistance}=14.5\text{miles} \end{gathered}`

The answer is letter C 14.5miles