Question

Monica walks 2 miles each day Monday through Friday. She walks 3 miles on Saturday. She does not walk on Sunday. Monica calculates that she will have walked 127 miles after 29 weeks.
What is an estimate for the number of miles that Monica will have walked after 29 weeks? Is her original calculation reasonable?


137; her original calculation is reasonable

145; her original calculation is not reasonable

310; her original calculation is reasonable

390; her original calculation is not reasonable

Answer 1

Lets calculate how much she walks each weeks and then we multiply that by the number of weeks.
weekWalk = 5(2) + 3 = 10 + 3 = 13
therefore, she walks 13 miles per week, if she walked for 29 weeks then we have:
total walked =(29)(13) = 377
so she walked 377 miles total, so her original estimate is not reasonable