Question

You are taking a road-trip with your friends! You are driving from Detroit to Tennessee which is a 533 mile trip. You stop for gas about 105 miles into the trip and you are hungry! Your plan is to wait to stop for food once you are halfway through the trip. How many more miles do you have left until you stop to eat

Answer 1

161.5 miles

Explanation:

Given

`Trip = 533\ miles`

`Gas = 105\ miles`

Required

Determine the distance left until you stop to eat

From the question, we understand that you plan to eat at half the trip.

This is calculated as thus;

`Eat = (1)/(2) * Trip`

`Eat = (1)/(2) * 533`

`Eat = 266.5`

Next:

Subtract the distance you got gas from the distance to eat.

`Distance = 266.5 - 105`

`Distance = 161.5\ miles`