Question

Please help me this is urgent!

The New York Knicks play in Madison Square Garden, the Los Angeles Lakers play in the Staples Center, and the Miami Heat play in American Airlines Arena. Madison Square Garden is about 2.8 × 103 miles from the Staples Center and about 1.4 × 103 miles from American Airlines Arena.

How many times farther do the Knicks travel when they play the Los Angeles Lakers compared to the Miami Heat?

Hint: Divide the larger distance by the smaller distance.

a. 3 times the distance
b. None of these.
c. 1/2 the distance
d. 2 times the distance

Answer 1

Answer:

D. 2 times the distance

Step-by-step explanation:

Practical Math advice: Word Problems usually are tricky so draw, write, and label all you know.

***We want to know how many times farther do the Knicks travel when they play the Los Angeles Lakers compared to the Miami Heat? ***

To do this, we just need to know the distance between the two and divide the bigger by the smaller (think if I told you distance from part A to B is 6 and the distance from part A to C is 3. And then ask you how many times farther the distance to C is from A than B. just divide 6/3 = 2)

1) Note the distance from Madison to Staples (2.8 × 103 miles) and Madison to American A. (1.4 × 103 miles).

We can associate Knicks with Madison, Los Angeles with Staples, and Miami Heat with American A.

2) Now divide 2.8 × 103/(1.4 × 103) = 2