Question

Leslie decides to take her puppy for a walk. After 90 feet, they stop to smell some roses. Then, Leslie runs into a friend 200 yards up the road. They start talking, and soon it's time for Leslie to go home. So, she and her puppy head back to her house. How many feet long was Leslie's walk?
feet

Answer 1

To calculate the total length of Leslie's walk, we need to consider both the distance she walked to smell the roses and the distance she walked to meet her friend, as well as the return journey back home.

1. Leslie walks 90 feet to smell the roses.
2. Then she walks 200 yards to meet her friend. Since there are 3 feet in a yard, we convert 200 yards to feet:
\[
200 \text{ yards} \times 3 \text{ feet/yard} = 600 \text{ feet}
\]
3. After meeting her friend, Leslie returns home, retracing her steps. This means she walks back the same distances:
- 600 feet back from her friend,
- and 90 feet back from where she stopped to smell the roses.

Now, let's add up all the segments of her walk:

- Distance to smell the roses: 90 feet
- Distance to her friend: 600 feet
- Distance back from her friend: 600 feet
- Distance back from the roses: 90 feet

Total distance:
\[
90 + 600 + 600 + 90 = 1380 \text{ feet}
\]

Thus, the total length of Leslie's walk is **1380 feet**.