The grocery store is Two Thirds of a mile from John’s office. His house is One and Two Thirds miles from the office in the opposite direction. How many miles is his house from the grocery store?
To find the distance between John's house and the grocery store, we need to subtract the distance from the office to the grocery store from the distance from the office to his house.
First, let's calculate the distance from the office to the grocery store, which is two-thirds of a mile.
Next, let's calculate the distance from the office to John's house, which is one and two-thirds miles.
Now, we can subtract the distance from the office to the grocery store from the distance from the office to John's house:
(One and two-thirds miles) - (Two-thirds of a mile) = (5/3 miles) - (2/3 miles)
Since the fractions have the same denominator, we can subtract the numerators:
(5 - 2)/3 miles = 3/3 miles
Simplifying the fraction, 3/3 is equal to 1. Therefore, John's house is 1 mile away from the grocery store.