Question

Ratio of distance of the school from Mary's home to the distance of the school from Jhon's home is $2:1$.
a) Who lives nearer to the school?
b) Complete the following table which shows some possible distance that Mary and Jhon could live from the school.

Answer 1

Since,

$\begin{array}{c}RatioofdistanceofschoolfromMar{y}^{\prime }shometothedistanceoftheschoolfromJoh{n}^{\prime }smohe=2:1\\ \therefore \frac{DistanceofMar{y}^{\prime }shometoschool}{DistanceofJoh{n}^{\prime }shometoschool}=\frac{2}{1}\\ DistanceofMar{y}^{\prime }shometoschool=2\times distanceofJoh{n}^{\prime }shometoschool\\ So,MaryliveattwiceasmuchasdistanceasJohn\\ \therefore Johnlivenearertoschool.\end{array}$