1999 AMC 8 #4
Source:
June 17, 2011
Problem Statement
The diagram shows the miles traveled by bikers Alberto and Bjorn. After four hours, about how many more miles has Alberto biked than Bjorn? [asy]
for (int a = 0; a < 6; ++a)
{
for (int b = 0; b < 6; ++b)
{
dot((4*a,3*b));
}
}
draw((0,0)--(20,0)--(20,15)--(0,15)--cycle);
draw((0,0)--(16,12));
draw((0,0)--(16,9));
label(rotate(30)*"Bjorn",(12,6.75),SE);
label(rotate(37)*"Alberto",(11,8.25),NW);
label("",(0,0),S);
label("",(4,0),S);
label("",(8,0),S);
label("",(12,0),S);
label("",(16,0),S);
label("",(20,0),S);
label("",(0,0),W);
label("",(0,3),W);
label("",(0,6),W);
label("",(0,9),W);
label("",(0,12),W);
label("",(0,15),W);
label("H",(6,-2),S);
label("O",(8,-2),S);
label("U",(10,-2),S);
label("R",(12,-2),S);
label("S",(14,-2),S);
label("M",(-4,11),N);
label("I",(-4,9),N);
label("L",(-4,7),N);
label("E",(-4,5),N);
label("S",(-4,3),N);[/asy]