SOLUTION: I tried doing a question saying "you are planning a 425 mile trip to San Fransisco. you drive 40 miles the first day and an equal amount of miles for the next seven days." I need t

Question 1145425: I tried doing a question saying "you are planning a 425 mile trip to San Fransisco. you drive 40 miles the first day and an equal amount of miles for the next seven days." I need to find the number of miles but also need to write an equation that will find the number of miles driven
I'm so lost and frustrated because I know it's easy but I've tried to see what number fits and none of them do because it's too big? Like for example I tried 40m^7=425 but the numbers go to the thousands
Thank you for the help!
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"you are planning a 425 mile trip to San Fransisco. you drive 40 miles the first day and an equal amount of miles for the next seven days."
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40 miles the 1st day leaves 425 - 40 = 385 miles to go
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385/7 = 55 miles per day.
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Obviously not in a hurry.

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