Question

Your family is going on a road trip to Disney World! On Day 1, you traveled x miles. On Day 2, you drove 58 miles more than 3 times the miles on Day 1. On Day 3, your family went 25 fewer miles than Day 1. 1.Write an expression that represents the miles traveled for Day 1 + Day 2 + Day 3. 2. Simplify your expression by combining like terms. 3. If your family drove 100 miles on Day 1, how many total miles did your family travel from your home to Disney World?

Answer 1

First we write the expressions of each day separately:
 Day 1:
 you traveled x miles:
 x
 Day 2:
 you drove 58 miles more than 3 times the thousands on Day 1:
 3x + 58
 Day 3: 
 your family went 25 fewer thousands than Day 1
 x-25
 Then, we have:
 Day 1 + Day 2 + Day 3:
 x + (3x + 58) + (x-25)
 Rewriting:
 x + 3x + x + 58 - 25
 5x + 33
 Then, for x = 100
 5 * (100) + 33 = 533 miles.
 answer:
 5x + 33
 Total miles that family traveled from home to Disney World is
 533 miles