Question

Mr. Smith and Mr. Stein were driving to a business meeting 140 miles from their office. Mr. Smith drove the first

r
r miles, then Mr. Stein drove the rest of the way.

Write an algebraic expression for how many miles Mr. Stein drove.

Answer 1

Mr. Stein drove (140 - r) miles, where r represents the number of miles driven by Mr. Smith. This algebraic expression is subtracted from the total distance of 140 miles to the meeting.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many miles Mr. Stein drove, we can use an algebraic expression. Since the total distance to the meeting is 140 miles and Mr. Smith drove the first r miles, we subtract the distance Mr. Smith drove from the total distance to find the distance Mr. Stein drove:

Total distance - Distance driven by Mr. Smith = Distance driven by Mr. Stein

140 miles - r miles = (140 - r) miles.

Therefore, the algebraic expression for the number of miles Mr. Stein drove is (140 - r) miles.

Answer 2

let us say, for example, the total distance was X miles.
Mr Smith drove the first r miles
therefore Mr Stein drove the remaining which is (X-r)
Hope this gives you a clue