SOLUTION: The problem is: A man lives 12 miles from work and 7 miles from the grocery store. If he made x round trips to the store, write an expression to represent how many miles he drove?

Question 886206: The problem is:
A man lives 12 miles from work and 7 miles from the grocery store. If he made x round trips to the store, write an expression to represent how many miles he drove? Show work for credit.
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
His distance to work is irrelevant here. It's thrown in to confuse you.
Let x be the number of round trips to the store. Let y be the total distance traveled.
x * (7+7) [because it's round trip]=y
14x = y
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So, if the man made 2 round trips, x would be 2.
14*2 = 28
If he made 22, x would be 22, and y would change accordingly.
14*22 = 308
etc
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