Question

a five Maggie is training to run a 6 mile race. Her training program has her increase her weekly long run each week. This week she ran 4.5 miles. Next week she will run 1.3 times as far as she did this week. How far will she run next week?

Answer 1

Answer:

Maggie will run 5.85 miles next week.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Maggie is training to run a 6 mile race.

This week Maggie ran = 4.5 miles

Also Given:

Next week she will run 1.3 times as far as she did this week.

We need to distance she will run next week.

Now we know Next week she will run 1.3 times as far as she did this week.

It means Distance to be run next week will be equal to 1.3 times distance she ran this week.

Framing in equation form we get;

distance she will run next week = $1.3\times 4.5 = 5.85 \ miles$

Hence Maggie will run 5.85 miles next week.