Question

Jack takes 16 minutes to ride his skateboard down the hill to the store and 32 minutes to ride up the hill from the store. He goes to the store Monday through Friday. How many minutes does he spend

riding his skateboard to and from the store in two weeks? Write an equation to model your work.
Select the best choice and complete the answer box within your choice.
(Type a whole number.)
OA (10+10) x (32+16) -
OB. (10x10)+(32 x 16) -
minutes
OC. (16+10)x(32+ 10)-
minutes
OD. (16×10)+(32×10)- minutes
minutes
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Answer 1

Jack spends a total of 480 minutes riding his skateboard to and from the store in two weeks. The correct equation is (16× 10) + (32× 10) = 480 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the total number of minutes Jack spends riding his skateboard to and from the store in two weeks, we first need to determine the number of minutes he spends each day on this activity and then multiply this by the number of days he goes to the store in two weeks.

Jack takes 16 minutes to ride to the store and 32 minutes to ride back up the hill. On each day, the total time spent is:
16 minutes (downhill) + 32 minutes (uphill) = 48 minutes per day.

Since Jack goes to the store Monday through Friday, he does this for 5 days a week. Therefore, in two weeks, he goes to the store 10 times (5 days a week × 2 weeks). Now we can multiply the daily total by the number of days:

48 minutes per day × 10 days = 480 minutes.

The correct equation to represent this calculation would be:

(16 × 10) + (32 × 10) = 480 minutes.

Therefore, the correct answer is option OD: (16× 10) + (32× 10) - minutes.