#Could someone please explain this question (n. 20)

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shy adder
torn void
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which one

shy adder
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Number 20

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Could someone please explain this question (n. 20)

torn void
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well you are coming back from school

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so what is the closest to school

shy adder
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The office, which is 376 yards from school. From the office to my house, it is 929 yards. So shouldn’t the total distance from school to my house be 1305 yards?

outer vapor
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yeah?

shy adder
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That’s the thing

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The textbook disagrees

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This was my own initial sketch:

torn void
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textbook wrong

outer vapor
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the textbook is wrong in the sense that it makes it unclear where things are

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you have a valid interpretation where they are both between

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can't believe that got into the textbook

shy adder
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I think where textbook got wrong is adding 929 and 513 because the 513 is already included in the 929

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Aight thanks guys

outer vapor
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the textbook assumed they go school, post office, house, grocery, i think

shy adder
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Yeah but the book specially stated the office and store is between the house and school

torn void
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well they though they said the right thing

outer vapor
shy adder
outer vapor
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it says they are both on the same straight road

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aka the same line

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or maybe you're right and whoever wrote the answer down was wrong

shy adder
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I would assume the between refers to the office and store

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But thanks for the insight still