A students walks 4 miles from the school to the store on the main road. The student then walks to another store m miles from the school on the same road. The student decides to return to the first store. The student walked a total distance of 10 miles. Formulate an absolute value equation to represent this situation. Then solve the equation.

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anonymous · Answer

can someone break this down and explain this to me because i understand the diagram but i don't know how to formulate an equation for it

anonymous · Answer

Let m be the distance from the first store to the second store.
Then:
4 + 2m = 10
         m =   3

triciaal · Answer

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