Matthew travels two and one-half miles to get to school. This is 3 times the distance that Jennifer travels. How far does Jennifer travel?

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sankarankalyanam
Mar 12, 2018

Distance travelled by Jennifer is #color(brown)(10(1/2)# miles.

Explanation:

Let x be the distance travelled by Mathew to school and equals #(2 + 1(1/2)) # miles

Then, Jennifer travels #3x#

Given #x = 2 + 1(1/2) = 3(1/2)# miles.

Distance travelled by Jennifer # = 3 x = 3 * 3 (1/2)#

#=> 3 * (7/2) = 21/2 = 10(1/2)# miles

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