The correct answer is Hardware store
Step-by-step explanation:
In this case, you need to determine the distance between the pet store and the locksmith to know if the distance is longer than the one from the pet store and the hardware (35 kilometers). Now this distance can be calculated by subtracting the distance from the locksmith to the garbage dump from the total distance between the pet store and the garbage dump. This is because the locksmith is between the pet store and the garbage, which means the distance between the pet store and the locksmith is a portion of the total distance, which is the distance from the pet store and the garbage dump. The process is shown below:
128.6 kilometers (distance from the garbage dump to the pet store) - 77.9 kilometers (distance from the garbage dump to the locksmith) = 50.7 (distance from the locksmith to the pet store
50.7 kilometers is greater than 35 kilometers, which means the hardware store is closer to the pet store