Alice watched an ant hunting for food. The ant was traveling in a straight line toward a crumb on the floor Suddenly it turned asround and crawled 9 inches back to Alice's shoes. Another ant joined it and together they hurried 11 inches back toward the crumb . The two ants stopped and came back 2 inches toward Alice's shoes . Finally they turned around and raced 5 inches to the crumb . How far was the crumb from Alice's shoes. Please explain how you got the answer
2006-11-29 09:30:44 · 3 answers · asked by karonadilbert 1 in Sports ➔ Golf
wrong section for golf
2006-11-29 12:45:52 · answer #1 · answered by Doug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
14 inches. It says it crawled 9 inches to Alice's shoes. So from there it went 11-2+5 and got to the crumb.
2006-11-29 10:30:43 · answer #2 · answered by Nelson_DeVon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nelson got it, 14 inches but was the crumb at least setting on top of a golf ball . It had to be since this is the golf catagory. D
Leon
2006-11-29 13:23:21 · answer #3 · answered by Ltgolf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋