the distance between johns house and alberts house is 8 1/3 miles. a park is located on a straight path between the two houses if the park is 3 4/5 miles from John's house. how far is the park from Albert's house​

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The distance between john house

The distance between the park and Albert's house is [tex]5\frac{1}{12}[/tex] miles.

What is distance?

"Distance is a numerical description of how far apart two objects are."

We have

The distance between Johns house and Alberts house is [tex]8\frac{1}{3}[/tex] miles.

A park is located on a straight path between the two houses if the park is [tex]3\frac{4}{5}[/tex]  miles from John's house.

Let  distance between the park and Albert's house is x.

The distance between the park and Albert's house

x = [tex]8\frac{1}{3}-3\frac{4}{5}[/tex]

⇒ x= [tex]\frac{25}{3}-\frac{13}{4}[/tex]

⇒ x = [tex]\frac{100-39}{12}[/tex]

⇒ x = [tex]\frac{61}{12}[/tex]

⇒ x = [tex]5\frac{1}{12}[/tex]

Hence, the distance between the park and Albert's house is [tex]5\frac{1}{12}[/tex] miles.

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