SOLUTION: At 8:00 pm a scavenger hunt started at the town hall. Team 1 drove 5km east to the golf course, while Team 2 drove 12km west to the beach. By the time team 2 had found some seaweed

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Question 997601: At 8:00 pm a scavenger hunt started at the town hall. Team 1 drove 5km east to the golf course, while Team 2 drove 12km west to the beach. By the time team 2 had found some seaweed at the beach, Team 1 had already found an orange golf ball and driven 3km back toward town hall. How far apart were the two teams at this point?
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5+12= 17 The teams were 17km apart. Then team 1 drove 3km back toward town hall:
17-3= 14 at that point they were 14km apart