Let's represent how far Eli travels as x.
Sara travels twice as far as that, so 2x.
Ashley travels as far as Eli and Sara combined. x + 2x = 3x.
Hazel travels 3× as far as Sara, and 3×2x = 6x.
All of these add up to 888.
x + 2x + 3x + 6x = 888
Let's add up these like terms.
12x = 888
We can then divide each side by 12...
x = 74
Therefore, Eli traveled 74 miles!
We can use this value to figure out everyone else's distances as well.
Sara = 2 × 74 = 148
Ashley = 3 × 74 = 222
Hazel = 6 × 74 = 444
3x-21=12
add 21 to both sides to get 3x alone.
3x=33
divide both sides by 3
and you get:
x=11
