ACT SAT Prep How to determine the the missing length of a word problem

The video tutorial explains a distance problem involving Jimmy's school, house, a candy store, and a grocery store. The teacher suggests using a number line to visualize the problem and sets up an equation to find the distance from the grocery store to Jimmy's house. The solution involves adding known distances and solving for the unknown distance, resulting in a final answer of 0.18 miles. The tutorial concludes with a discussion and questions.

How can you represent the distances in this problem visually?

What is the distance from Jimmy's house to his school?

How far is the candy store from the school?

What is the distance from the candy store to the grocery store?

What equation can be formed to find the distance from the grocery store to Jimmy's house?