Problem:
A bug crawls along a number line, starting at . It crawls to , then turns around and crawls to . How many units does the bug crawl altogether?
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Solution:
The distance from to is units. The distance from to is units. Altogether the bug crawls units.
The problems on this page are the property of the MAA's American Mathematics Competitions