document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=272192>Question 272192</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Greetings,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I was wondering you could please assist me with how to solve the following problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bob just bought a new pedometer & wants to attempt walking a total of 130,000 steps in a 10-day period.  Once he starts using it, he realizes that he is out of shape & will need to acclimate slowly to achieve this goal.  He decides to start at 4000 steps on the first day & increase by a fixed number of steps each day, over the next 9 days.  What is the number of steps that he must increase by each day, in order to achieve the goal of 130,000 total steps in a 10-day period?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I thank you in advance for your assistance! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Bob just bought a new pedometer & wants to attempt walking a total of 130,000 steps in a 10-day period.  Once he starts using it, he realizes that he is out of shape & will need to acclimate slowly to achieve this goal.  He decides to start at 4000 steps on the first day & increase by a fixed number of steps each day, over the next 9 days.  What is the number of steps that he must increase by each day, in order to achieve the goal of 130,000 total steps in a 10-day period?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He starts with 4000 steps on the first day\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He walks for 10 days to complete 130,000 steps\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4000 + 4000+x +4000+2x+4000+3x..............   4000+9x  = 130000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4000*10 days + x+2x+3x+4x+5x+6x+7x+8x+9x= 130000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40000 +45x=130,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45x=130000-40000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "45x=90,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 90000 /45\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=2000 steps\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He has to increase 2000 steps everyday starting with 4000 steps on day one.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let the number of steps he has to increase daily be x<BR>\n" );
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