Question

Keenan currently does a total of 8 pushups each day. He plans to increase the number of pushups he does each day by 2 pushups until he is doing a total of 30 pushups each day. Which equation can we use to determine x, the number of days that it will take Keenan to reach his goal? In an expression

Answer 1

Number of push up = 8 + 2x

Explanation:

Keenan can do 8 push ups each day. He plans to do 2 extra day until he is doing 30 push ups. Each day he does an additional 2 push up, on the first day he does 8 + 2 = 10 push up, on the second day he does 10 + 2 = 12 push ups. This can be represented by the expression:

Number of push up = 8 + 2x

where x is the number of days.

To do 30 push ups, we can calculate the number of days needed:

30 = 8 + 2x

2x = 30 - 8

2x = 22

x = 11