Question

Edward bikes the same route to and from school each day. After 28 school days, he bikes a total distance of 389.2 miles.

a. Estimate how many miles he bikes in one day.
b. If Edward continues his routine of biking to school, about how many days altogether will it take him to reach a total distance of 500 miles?

Answer 1

Edward bikes an estimated 13.9 miles per day. To reach 500 miles, he will need approximately 36 days in total, meaning about 8 more days from the 28 he has already biked.

Step-by-step explanation:

To estimate how many miles Edward bikes in one day, we would divide the total distance he has biked by the number of days he has done so. In this case, we calculate 389.2 miles ÷ 28 days, which equals approximately 13.9 miles per day. Since he bikes to and from school, it's likely that he bikes about 6.95 miles one way, and that's the distance that he continues to bike each school day.

To find out how many days it will take for Edward to reach 500 miles at the same pace, we divide the target distance by the daily estimated distance. So, 500 miles ÷ 13.9 miles per day is approximately 36 days. Since he has already biked for 28 days, he will need about 8 more days to reach a total of 500 miles biked.

Answer 2

a. 13.9 miles

b. ≅36 days

Step-by-step explanation:

In 28 days Edwards bikes a total distance of 389.2 miles.

a.number of miles traveled in one day= total distance / number of days

=
`(389.2)/(28)`

= 13.9 miles per day.

b. Since, Edward travel 13.9 miles per day therefore he will take
`(500)/(13.9)` days to travel 500 miles

= 35.97 days≅ 36 days.