SOLUTION: There are four cottages on a straight road. The distance between Ted's and Alice's cottages is 3 km. Both Bob's and Carol's cottages are twice as far from Alice's as they are from

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Question 257640: There are four cottages on a straight road. The distance between Ted's and Alice's cottages is 3 km. Both Bob's and Carol's cottages are twice as far from Alice's as they are from Ted's. Find the distance between Bob's and Carol's cottages in kilometers.
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they are on the road in the following sequence: 



              B --- T - C -- A


each dash is a kilometer.

Bob is 3 km away from Ted and 6 km away from Alice.

Carol is 1 km away from Ted and 2 km away from Alice.

Ted is 4 km away from Carol.