Question

Michell walks the same amount each day for 7 days. Over the weekend, she also walked an extra 5 miles at the park. Write, solve, and check an equation to find how many miles she walked each day if she walked a total of 26 miles.

Answer 1

Let's use the variable x to represent the number of miles Michell walks every day.

If she walks this same amount for 7 days, the total distance will be 7 times x.

Then, we have an extra of 5 miles in the weekend, so the total distance walked is 7x + 5.

If we know that the total distance is 26 miles, we have the equation:

$7x+5=26$

Solving the equation, we have:

$\begin{gathered} 7x=26-5 \\ 7x=21 \\ x=\frac{21}{7} \\ x=3\text{ miles} \end{gathered}$

So she walked 3 miles each day.