Ellie drove from Atlanta to St. Louis and then back to Atlanta. If her odometer read 26,473 miles before she left Atlanta and 27,949 after she got back to Atlanta, how many miles was the one-way trip? (assume she traveled the same path both directions?)
(27,949 - 26,473) / 2 = _______ miles
To find the number of miles Ellie traveled on the one-way trip from Atlanta to St. Louis, we can subtract the odometer readings before and after the trip.
The odometer reading before she left Atlanta was 26,473 miles, and after she got back to Atlanta it was 27,949 miles.
To find the number of miles traveled, subtract the initial odometer reading from the final odometer reading:
27,949 - 26,473 = 1,476 miles.
Therefore, the one-way trip from Atlanta to St. Louis was 1,476 miles.