The distance between the school and the library is 3 1/2

miles. The distance between the library and Town Hall is 1 1/4
miles. How many miles farther is it from the school to the library than from the library to Town Hall?(1 point)

1 answer

To find the difference in distance between the school and the library, and the library and Town Hall, we need to subtract the distance between the library and Town Hall from the distance between the school and the library.

The distance between the school and the library is 3 1/2 miles, which can be written as 3.5 miles.

The distance between the library and Town Hall is 1 1/4 miles, which can be written as 1.25 miles.

To find the difference, we subtract 1.25 miles from 3.5 miles:

3.5 miles - 1.25 miles = 2.25 miles.

Therefore, it is 2.25 miles farther from the school to the library than from the library to Town Hall.