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chloe wants to ride her bicycle 34.1 miles this week. She has already ridden 14 miles if she rides for 3 more days, write and solve an equation which can be used to determin m, the avergae number of miles she would have to ride each day to meet her goal.

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Explanation:

I guess the meaning is that after 3 more days the week will be over, and she has to reach her goal by then.

x = the average number of miles to ride each of the 3 days

x = (34.1 - 14)/3

the solution is

x = 20.1/3 = 6.7 miles

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