Question

Jerry started doing sit-ups every day. The first day he did 17 sit-ups. Every day after that he did 4 more sit-

ups than he had done the previous day. Today Jerry did 73 sit-ups. Write an equation that could be solved
to find the number of days Jerry has been doing sit-ups, not counting the first day. Let n represent the
number of days.
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Answer 1

5

Explanation:

y= 4x+17

73=4x+17 (subtract 17 by both sides)

20=4x (divide by both sides)

5= x, 5 days