road trippin

mileidy had a story problem on her math paper the other day...

 "the chan family took a trip to visit cousins over the summer.  they set the trip meter to 0 before they left.  they traveled 42 miles before they stopped at a rest stop.  when they stopped for lunch, they had traveled 100 miles.  by the time they reached their cousins' house, they had traveled 138 miles.  how far did the chan family travel between the rest stop and where they ate lunch?  how far was the rest stop from their cousins' house?"

 

 my answers:  if the chan family had to stop twice only traveling 138 miles, they planned poorly.  if mr. chan had his wits about him, he would have packed the car the night before, served up breakfast at 7 am and been at the cousins' house long before lunch time.  seriously.  who has to stop twice in 2-1/2 hours?  better learn to hold it or get some depends, that's for sure.  and now you're hungry?  see, that's what breakfast was for.  you can have a nice warm glass of shut the hell up.  you live close enough that i can cancel this little trip right now, so don't make me turn this car around.  138 miles and you need a rest stop and lunch.  please.