Question

Jake runs every day of the week to train for the delayed Boston Marathon. He ran 70.5 miles last week, including his long run on Sunday of 18 miles. What was the average distance he ran on the other days?

a. 10.5 miles
b. 11.5 miles
c. 12.5 miles
d. 13.5 miles

Answer 1

To find the average distance Jake ran on the other days, subtract the distance of his long run on Sunday from the total distance and divide by the number of other days.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the average distance Jake ran on the other days, we need to subtract the distance of his long run on Sunday from the total distance he ran last week, and then divide the result by the number of other days.

Total distance ran last week: 70.5 miles

Distance of long run on Sunday: 18 miles

Distance ran on other days: 70.5 miles - 18 miles = 52.5 miles

Number of other days: 6 (since there are 7 days in a week and Sunday is not counted as an 'other day')

Average distance ran on other days: 52.5 miles / 6 = 8.75 miles

Therefore, the average distance Jake ran on the other days is approximately 8.75 miles.