Final answer:
Jason and Ringo walked around the block 12 times and covered 0.75 miles per walk. To find the total distance, you multiply 12 times by 0.75 miles which equals 9 miles. Therefore, they walked 9 miles in total last week.
Step-by-step explanation:
When we are considering the distance covered by Jason and Ringo when they walk w times around a block, it's given that they cover 0.75w miles. This relationship shows that for every walk around the block, they cover three-quarters of a mile. To find out how far they walked after going around the block 12 times, we simply multiply the number of laps (12) by the distance per lap (0.75 miles).
The calculation to find out the total distance covered is straightforward:
- Distance covered per lap = 0.75 miles
- Total laps = 12 times
- Total distance covered = 0.75 miles/lap × 12 laps
When we do this multiplication, we find that Jason and Ringo covered a total of:
Total distance = 9 miles
This gives us the total miles walked by Jason and Ringo for last week after they walked around the block 12 times, covering a total of 9 miles.