Question

Jace wants to ride his bicycle 27.1 miles this week. He has already ridden 16 miles. If he rides for 3 more days, write and solve an equation which can be used to determine xx, the average number of miles he would have to ride each day to meet his goal.

Answer 1

Answer:

3.7 mi/day

Step-by-step explanation:

Subtracting 16 mi from 27.1 mi yields 11.1 mi to be covered in 3 additional  days.  The unit rate (number of miles per day) necessary for Jace to have ridden 27.1 miles total is 11.1 mi / 3 days = 3.7 mi/day

Riding 3.7 mi/day on each of the remaining 3 days would bring Jace's total miles up to 27.1 mi.