Identify the converse of the following statement:

if a strawberry is red, then it is ripe.

a. if a strawberry is not red, then it is not ripe.
b. if a strawberry is ripe, then it is red.
c. a strawberry is ripe if and only if it is red.
d. if a strawberry is red, then it is ripe.

Every weekday, mr. jones bikes from his home to his job. sometimes he rides along two roads, the long route that is shown by the solid lines. other times, he takes the shortcut shown by the dashed line. how many fewer kilometers does mr. jones bike when he takes the shortcut instead of the long route?