Question

jy is hiking glacier national park he now has hiked a total of 17 km and is 2 km short of being 1/2 of the way done with his hike .


write a equation to determine the total length in kilometers(h) of jy's hike


find the total length of jy's hike



A TWO PART QUESTION(
ps am i the only one who hate word problems

Answer 1

Jy has hiked 17km

He is 2km short of being half of the way done with hicking

Let the total distance he hiked be xkm

Then 1/2x = 17 + 2km

1/2x = 19km

x = 19 × 2 = 38km

The total distance he covered was 38km.