Question

21. Higher Order Thinking Ms. Webster works 4 days a week at her office and 1 day a week at home. The route to Ms. Webster's office is 23.7 miles. The route home is 21.8 miles. About how many miles does she drive for work each week? Explain how you found your answer.

Answer 1

When she works at her office, she travels 23.7 miles from her home to her office and then 21.8 miles to return from the office to her home.

This adds 23.7+21.8 = 45.5 miles per day of work at the office.

The days she works at home, she does not travel.

Then, we can multiply the number of days seh work at the office by the distance she travels and we can find the miles she travels per week:

`D=4\frac{\text{ days}}{\text{ week}}\cdot45.5\frac{\text{miles}}{\text{day}}=182\text{ miles/we}e\text{k}`

Answer: she drives 182 miles per week.