Two friends were driving from their home to Manchester, Alex drove the first 90 miles, and Billie took over for the remainder of the journey.
On the way back, Alex drove to begin with, and Billie took over for the last 100 miles.
Who drove the furthest?
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Hint
It doesn't matter how far it was to Manchester, so you can use any distance.
Answer
Billie.
Reasoning
If we call the one way distance T, we know that:
On the way there, Alex drove 90 miles, and Billie drove (T – 90) miles.
On the way back, Alex drove (T – 100) miles, and Billie drove 100 miles.
So, in total, both ways:
Alex drove 90 + (T – 100)
= T – 10
Billie drove (T – 90) + 100
= T + 10
Therefore, Billie drove 20 miles more than Alex.
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