Given that, On Monday, Jason ran x miles.
distance ran on monday equals to x
On Tuesday, he ran 5 fewer miles than on Monday
the distance ran on tuesday equal to the distance ran on monday minus 5;
[tex]x-5[/tex]Total distance covered in the two days is;
[tex]x+x-5=2x-5[/tex]Since the distance covered is in two days, the '2' in the expression represents the number of days
The answer is;
1. the number of days