Given:
A college student takes the same number of credits each semester. They had 5 credits when they started, and after 2 semesters, they had 31 credits.
Required:
Express the rate at which they are earning credits.
Step-by-step explanation:
At the starting,
they had 5 cradit and after 2 semesters they had 31 cradits
so they earn

26 cradits in 2 semesters
and they earn same cradits in every semesters
so for each semester

Final answer:
They earn 13 cradits each semester