Question

Kyle ran for 27 minutes on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Kyle ran for n fewer minutes than he ran on Tuesday. On Friday, Lee ran for 3 times longer than Kyle ran on Wednesday. Kyle wrote this expression to show how long Lee ran.

Answer 1

Answer:

(27 - n) times 3 is the expression Kyle should use.

Step-by-step explanation:

If Lee ran for 3 times longer than Kyle ran on Wednesday, then we have to figure out how long Kyle ran on Wednesday. If Kyle ran n fewer minutes than he ran on Tuesday, then we need to figure out how long he ran on Tuesday. If Kyle ran 27 minutes on Tuesday, the we need to subtract n from that to get how long Kyle ran on Wednesday. We can't figure that out with an undefined variable, therefore, that will just have to be 27 - n in the equation. If Lee ran for 3 times that, we need to multiply that by 3. 27 - n would have to be done first, so we will put that in parenthesis. We put all of that together to get (27 - n) times 3. Hope this helps!