A person walks along a road 2 miles and rests. Then taking another road, he travels 3 miles; and switching to a dirt path, he walks 2 miles before arriving at his destination. The distance the person has traveled is 7 miles. True False

A person walks along a road 2 miles and rests. Then taking another road, he travels 3 miles; and switching to a dirt path, he walks 2 miles before arriving at his destination. The distance the person has traveled is 7 miles. The given statement is true.

Answer: True

Explanation:

The distance traveled by the person can be known by simply adding up the all the distances traveled by the person. That is, which gives, therefore, the total distance traveled is 7 miles and hence the given statement is true.

Distance is the measure of how long a person travels and is a scalar quantity. Therefore, total distance takes up into account all the distance traveled by a person.