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geometry challenge 10 grade
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nancyyen47
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Challenge: Four cities lie along a straight highway in this order cityA,cityB,cityC,CityD the distance from city A to city B is 5 times the distance from city B to city C. the distance from cityA to City D is 2 times the distance from city A to city C, copy and complete the mileage chart
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tobe honest, i dont understand this mathematic questionnancyyen47 wrote:Challenge: Four cities lie along a straight highway in this order cityA,cityB,cityC,CityD the distance from city A to city B is 5 times the distance from city B to city C. the distance from cityA to City D is 2 times the distance from city A to city C, copy and complete the mileage chart
what exactly do you mean by "copy and complete the mileage chart"?
based on the info given it can be derived that C is midway between A and D... but the distances can be any values...
This is not a GMAT type question.
based on the info given it can be derived that C is midway between A and D... but the distances can be any values...
This is not a GMAT type question.
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brijesh
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AB= 5xnancyyen47 wrote:Challenge: Four cities lie along a straight highway in this order cityA,cityB,cityC,CityD the distance from city A to city B is 5 times the distance from city B to city C. the distance from cityA to City D is 2 times the distance from city A to city C, copy and complete the mileage chart
BC=x
CD=6x
AD=12x
