kane is training for a marathon. he starts by running 3 miles during every training session. each week he plans to increase the distance of his run by 1/4 miles.

Question

Let w be the number of weeks. Write an expression that shows the distance that kane runs in a training session after w weeks.

Answer 1

After w weeks, Kane increases the distance of his run by 1/4 miles each week. Therefore, the expression that shows the distance that Kane runs in a training session after w weeks is 3 + (1/4)w miles.