document.write( "Question 1044311: You are biking to your friends house to do math homework. Halfway there you realize you forget your textbook so you turn around. After biking 0.25 mile you are 1 mile from your house. What is the distance between your house and your friend's house? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "   1 mi        0.25mi         \r\n" );
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document.write( "A              B     C                    D\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let A be your home, and D be your friend's home.\r\n" );
document.write( "You travel from A to C, which is half way from A \r\n" );
document.write( "to D.  Then you turn around and go back to B, \r\n" );
document.write( "which is 0.25 mi.  Then you go back to A which is \r\n" );
document.write( "another 1 mile to get your book. So it's 1.25 miles \r\n" );
document.write( "from A to C, and therefore twice that from A to D, \r\n" );
document.write( "or 2.5 miles.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:  2.5 miles.\r\n" );
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