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in the city, the distance between the libray and the police station is 3 miles less than twice the distance between the police station and fire station. the distance between the library and police station is 5 miles. how far apart are the police station and the fire station



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sqdancefan

Answer:

  4 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

You want to know the distance from the police station to the fire station if 3 miles less than twice that distance is 5 miles.

Setup

Let x represent the desired distance. The given relation is ...

  2x -3 = 5

Solution

Adding 3 to both sides of the equation gives ...

  2x = 8

  x = 4 . . . . . . . . divide by 2

The police station and fire station are 4 miles apart.

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