Question

Gavin likes biking. This week his goal is to bike about 65 total miles over four days. Each day he wants to ride 1.5 times as far as he rode the day before. How far should he ride on each of the four days. Write the expressions for the distance Gavin needs to bike each day. Then relate these expressions to create an equation that represents Gavin's situation.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

let the first-day ride be x

Then the second-day ride will be =1.5 x

The third-day ride will be=1.5(1.5x)      

The Fourth-day ride will be=1.5*1.5(1.5x)  

hence for the four days the distance covered is

65=x+1.5x+1.5*1.5x+1.5*1.5*1.5x

65=x+1.5x+2.25x+3.375x

65=8.125x

divide both sides by 8.125 we have

x=65/8.125

x=8mile

the first-day ride be x=8miles

the second-day ride will be =1.5 x =1.5*8= 12miles

The third-day ride will be=1.5(1.5x) = 18miles

The Fourth-day ride will be=1.5*1.5(1.5x) = 27miles