You and your friends Jose and Sarah all live on the same street. You know that Jose lives five blocks from away from you. Jose says that Sarah lives two blocks from him, but he didn't say whether she lives closer to you than he does or further. Let b be the number of blocks Sarah might live from you

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Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Sarah, Jose and you live in the same street:

Distance between you and Jose = 5 blocks

Distance between Jose and Sarah = 2 blocks

Distance (b) between you and Sarah:

Since it isn't stated whether Sarah lives closer to you than Jose or vice versa ;

Then;

Distance b between you and Sarah will be :

(Distance between you and Jose ± distance between Jose and Sarah)

b = (5 ± 2)

b = (5 + 2) or (5 - 2)

b = 7 blocks or 3 blocks

what is the question? i am guessing you are looking for the area.

to find an area, you have to do length x width.

in this case, it would be 12 ft x 4 ft = 48 sq. ft