Question

Henry ran five races, each of which was a different positive integer number of

Answer 1

Answer:

10 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the number of miles on Henry's longest race.

We have been given that Henry ran five races, each of which was a different positive integer number of  miles.

We can set an equation for the average of races as:

$\frac{\text{The sum distances of 5 races}}{5}=4$

As distance covered in each race is a different positive integer, so let his first four races be 1, 2, 3, 4.

Now let us substitute the distances of 5 races as:

$\frac{1+2+3+4+x}{5}=4$

$\frac{10+x}{5}=4$

Let us multiply both sides of our equation by 5.

$\frac{10+x}{5}*5=4*5$

$10+x=20$

Let us subtract 10 from both sides of our equation.

$10-10+x=20-10$

$x=10$

Therefore, the maximum possible distance of Henry's longest race is 10 miles.