Question

On a road trip, a family drives 200 miles on the first day and 350 miles per day on each remaining day. How many additional days, d, will they travel to reach a distance of 1,600 miles?

Select the correct equation to represent this situation

Answer 1

Let d be the number of additional days the family needs to travel to reach a distance of 1,600 miles.

The total distance traveled can be expressed as:

200 + 350d

We want this distance to equal 1,600 miles, so we can set up the equation:

200 + 350d = 1,600

Subtracting 200 from both sides, we get:

350d = 1,400

Dividing both sides by 350, we get:

d = 4

Therefore, the family will need to travel for an additional 4 days to reach a distance of 1,600 miles.