Problema Solution
Howard's home is 12 miles from the shopping mall. His school is located on the same road as his home and as the shopping mall. His school is two times closer to his home than the shopping mall. How far is his school to the shopping mall.
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Let 'x' represent the distance from the school to home.
The the distance from the school to the shopping mall is 2x.
Since the distance from home to the mall is 12 mi we can write:
x + 2x = 12
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x = 4
2x = 2*4 = 8 mi
The distance from school to the mall is 8 miles.