Question

Anna finished a race five yards ahead of Jack. Jack finished nine yards ahead of Tina. How many yards ahead of Tina was Anna?

Answer 1

Answer:

14 yards

Let distance covered by Jack be X yards.

given Anna finished a race five yards ahead of jack therefore Anna covered 5 yards more than Jack.

Hence if jack covered X yards, then Anna covered X + 5 yards.

other condition

jack finished nine yards ahead of tina It suggest that Jack covered 9 yards

more than Tina. It can be also said that Tina covered 9 yards less than Jack.

if Jack covered X yards, then Tina covered X - 9 yards

Now

Distance covered by Tina = X - 9 yards

Distance covered by Anna = X + 5 yards It can be seen that Anna covered more distance than Tina as X + 5 is greater tha

X-9

Difference in distance covered by Tina

anna is

and

= Distance covered by Anna - Distance covered by Tina

=X+ 5 yards - (X-9) yards

=X+5-X + 9 yards

= 14 yards

Therefore Anna was 14 yards ahead