A family travels, by plane, five hundred miles from their city to a beach town. Then they take a taxi from the airport to the hotel at the beach. When they ask the driver how far the airport is from the hotel, he tells them twenty kilometers. What is the approximate total distance, in miles, the family traveled? Recall that 1 kilometer is about 0.62 miles.

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absor201 absor201 · Answer 1 · 2019-06-25T15:43:29+02:00

Answer:

512.4 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

The distance from city to beach town = 500 miles

Distance from airport to hotel = 20 kilometers

In order to find the total distance we have to convert the kilometers in miles to bring both quantities in same unit

So,

1 kilometer = 0.62 miles

20 kilometers = 20*0.62 =12.4 miles

As both the quantities are in same unit,

The total distance = Distance from city to beach town + distance from airport to hotel

= 500 + 12.4

= 512.4 miles

Hence, total distance covered by them is 512.4 miles ..