SOLUTION: a group of friends went on a 3 day trip. during the second day of the hike, the group hiked twice as far as they did on the first day. on the third day, they hiked twelve miles fa
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Question 1097063: a group of friends went on a 3 day trip. during the second day of the hike, the group hiked twice as far as they did on the first day. on the third day, they hiked twelve miles farther than the combined distance of the first two days. write an expression to show the total distance the group of friends hike over 3 days.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = distance in miles hiked on the first day
All the distances must be in miles for the solution to work
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= distance hiked on 2nd day
= distance hiked on 3rd day
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= distance hiked on 3 day trip
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