Question

Last month a truck driver made five round trips to Los Angeles and some round trips to San Diego. Ryan expressed an expression that shows how many miles he drove in total and the number of trips he made in San Diego. Identify and describe the part of the expression that shows how many miles he drove and the trips he made in San Diego.

Answer 1

The expression that shows how many miles the truck driver drove in total is 5x, where x represents the distance of each round trip to Los Angeles. The expression that shows the number of trips in San Diego is y. Therefore, the overall expression is 5x + y.

Step-by-step explanation:

The expression that shows how many miles the truck driver drove in total would be the product of the number of round trips to Los Angeles and the distance of each round trip. Let's say the distance of each round trip to Los Angeles is represented by x miles. The expression for the total distance would then be 5x, since the truck driver made five round trips to Los Angeles.

The expression that shows the number of trips the truck driver made in San Diego would be represented by y. So the overall expression would be 5x + y, which represents the total miles driven by the truck driver and the number of trips in San Diego.