Some of the students at Georgia Middle School like to walk to and from school. They always walk unless it rains. Let d be the distance in miles from a student's home to the school. Write two different expressions that represent how far a student travels by walking in a two week period if there is one rainy day each week. math

Question

Some of the students at Georgia Middle School like to walk to and from school. They always walk unless it rains. Let d be the distance in miles from a student's home to the school. Write two different expressions that represent how far a student travels by walking in a two week period if there is one rainy day each week. math

Answer 1

The distance a student travels by walking in a two week period can be represented by two different expressions:

1) If the student walks every day except for the rainy day each week, then the expression would be (13 * d), where 13 represents the number of days the student walks in two weeks (14 days - 1 rainy day).

2) If the student walks to school and back home every day, except for the rainy day each week, then the expression would be (2 * 13 * d), where 2 represents the round trip (to school and back home) and 13 represents the number of days the student walks in two weeks (14 days - 1 rainy day).