What are the distances in miles from each of these towns?

Question

Four cities lie in a straight line along the highway in order: A, B, C, D. Town A to town B is 5 times the length from town B to town C. Town A to town D is two times the length from town A to town B. Town C to town D is 10 miles. What are the rest of the distances from town to town? AB, BD, BC, AC, AD

Answer 1

draw a line with the points indicated, in order.

label the various distances as given.

study and figure it out.

Addition and subtraction will play a role in your analysis