A straight highway is 100 miles long, and each mile is marked by a milepost numbered from 0 to 100. A rest area is going to be built along the highway exactly 7 miles away from milepost 58. If 'm' is the milepost number of the rest area, which of the following equations represents the possible locations for the rest area?

A. | 58 - m | = 7

B. | m + 7 | = 58

C. | m - 7 | = 58

D. | 58 + m | = 7

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Jason Washington

Mathematics

11 November, 13:59

A straight highway is 100 miles long, and each mile is marked by a milepost numbered from 0 to 100. A rest area is going to be built along the highway exactly 7 miles away from milepost 58. If 'm' is the milepost number of the rest area, which of the following equations represents the possible locations for the rest area?

A. | 58 - m | = 7

B. | m + 7 | = 58

C. | m - 7 | = 58

D. | 58 + m | = 7

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Daniella Rios · Answer 1

The right answers would be B (7 miles after marker 58)

and C (7 miles before marker 58). The problem doesn't say if the rest area is going to be built 7 miles before milepost 58 or 7 miles after it.