anna finished a race five yards ahead of jack. jack finished nine yards ahead of tina. how many yards ahead of tina was anna?

14 yards

Step-by-step explanation:

Let distance covered by Jack be X yards.

given Anna finished a race five yards ahead of jack

therefore Anna covered 5 yards more than Jack.

Hence if jack covered X yards, then Anna covered X + 5 yards.

other condition

jack finished nine yards ahead of tina

It suggest that Jack covered 9 yards more than Tina. It can be also said that Tina covered 9 yards less than Jack.

if Jack covered X yards, then Tina covered X - 9 yards

Now

Distance covered by Anna = X + 5 yards

Distance covered by Tina = X - 9 yards

It can be seen that Anna covered more distance than Tina as X + 5 is greater tha X - 9

Difference in distance covered by Tina and anna is

= Distance covered by Anna - Distance covered by Tina

= X + 5 yards - (X - 9) yards

= X + 5 - X + 9 yards

= 14 yards

Therefore Anna was 14 yards ahead of Tina.