Question

Emilie rides her bike x miles be for eshe gets a flat tire. She walks 1/3 mile to a bus stop and then takes a bus for 2 1/2 miles. Which expression shows how many miles Emilie travels in all?

Answer 1

The answer is B because you want to add all three of these totals together. You always want a common denominator before adding fractions so remember that. Hope that helps :)

Answer 2

Option (B) is the answer.

Explanation:

Emilie rides her bike x miles before it gets flat tire.

Distance she walked to a bus stop =
`(1)/(3)` mile

Then she took a bus and traveled the distance =
`2(1)/(2)` miles or
`(5)/(2)`miles

So, total distance covered by her = x +
`(1)/(3)+(5)/(2)` miles

= x +
`(2+15)/(6)` miles

= x +
`(17)/(6)` miles

= x +
`2(5)/(6)` miles

Therefore, expression that shows the total distance traveled by Emilie is (x +
`2(5)/(6)`) miles

Option (B) is the answer.