Meg lives in Indianapolis and wants to visit her mom in Lima.
How many more kilometers would Meg drive if she drove to Lima through Dayton?
To determine the difference in distance between driving directly from Indianapolis to Lima and driving through Dayton, we need to know the distances involved. We can use an online mapping tool or a road atlas to get the following distances:
- Indianapolis to Lima: approximately 172 kilometers (107 miles)
- Indianapolis to Dayton: approximately 144 kilometers (90 miles)
- Dayton to Lima: approximately 129 kilometers (80 miles)
Adding the distances from Indianapolis to Dayton and Dayton to Lima gives us a total distance of approximately 273 kilometers (170 miles) if Meg were to drive through Dayton. Therefore, Meg would drive approximately 101 kilometers (63 miles) more if she drove to Lima through Dayton compared to driving directly from Indianapolis to Lima.