Triana is on a 120-mile four-day bike ride. On the first day she travels 24 miles. She would like to travel equal amounts over the remaining three days. How far will she travel on each of those three days? Write and solve an equation of the form px+q=r. Then write a sentence to explain your answer.

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Triana is on a 120-mile four-day bike ride. On the first day she travels 24 miles. She would like to travel equal amounts over the remaining three days. How far will she travel on each of those three days? Write and solve an equation of the form px+q=r. Then write a sentence to explain your answer.

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Answer 1

Bot GPT 3.5 answered
6 months ago

Let "x" represent the distance Triana will travel on each of the remaining three days.

Triana has already traveled 24 miles on the first day, so she has 120 - 24 = 96 miles left to travel over the remaining three days.

Since Triana wants to travel equal amounts over the remaining three days, she will travel x miles each day.
Therefore, the equation is 3x = 96.

To solve for x, divide both sides of the equation by 3:
3x/3 = 96/3
x = 32

Triana will travel 32 miles on each of the remaining three days.