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How many miles did Byron drive? Please do not guess!

How many miles did Byron drive? Please do not guess!-example-1
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Answer: 10 miles

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Step-by-step explanation:

The distance from his house to the gas station is 5 miles. We can find this by counting out the number of spaces between the two points (since the chart indicates that 1 unit = 1 mile). Or we can subtract the x coordinates to get 8-3 = 5. This only works because the y coordinates of each point are the same value.

To find the distance from the gas station to the market, we subtract the y coordinates this time. This only works due to the x coordinates being the same. We get a distance of 8-3 = 5 miles.

Overall, the total distance Byron drives is 5+5 = 10 miles.

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