Problema Solution

Solve using the five-step problem solving strategy. The Iditarod sled dog race race in Alaska extends for 1049 mi from Anchorage to Nome. If a musher is twice as far from Anchorage as from Nome, how many miles of the race has the musher completed?

Answer provided by our tutors

Given this

 

Distance from Nome = x

Distance from Anchorage = 2x




x + 2x = 1049

3x = 1049

x = 1049/3 

Then, 

Distance from Anchorage = 2(1049/3) miles = 699.32 answer