Question

Ian wants to ride his bicycle 36.5 miles this week he has already written 8 miles if he rides for five more days which equation could be used to determine M the average number of miles he would have to ride to meet his goal?

Answer 1

To determine the average number of miles Ian would have to ride to meet his goal, we can use the equation 8 + 5M = 36.5 and solve for M.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine the average number of miles Ian would have to ride to meet his goal, we can set up an equation using the information given.

Let M be the average number of miles Ian would have to ride to meet his goal.

Since Ian has already ridden 8 miles and wants to ride a total of 36.5 miles, the equation would be: 8 + 5M = 36.5.

To solve for M, we can subtract 8 from both sides of the equation and then divide by 5: M = (36.5 - 8) / 5.

M simplifies to: M = 7.3.

Therefore, the average number of miles Ian would have to ride to meet his goal is 7.3 miles.

Answer 2

M = (36.5-8)/5

[M = 5.7 miles/day]

Step-by-step explanation:

The goal is 36.5 miles. The remaining miles needed to achieve this goal is reduced by the miles already ridden, 8 miles.

(36.5 - 8) = 28.5 miles remaining.

We are asked to find a value for M, which is the average number of miles Ian would have to ride to reach his goal. By average, we can assume it is the average miles/days remaining. The days remaining are 5, so we have:

(28.5 miles remaining)/5 days = 5.7 miles/day

An equation for M using these steps would be:

M = (36.5-8)/5