SOLUTION: How do u solve the following problem?: A family is going on a road trip. On the first day the family traveled x miles. The following day the family went 51 

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Question 963963: How do u solve the following problem?: A family is going on a road trip. On the first day the family traveled x miles. The following day the family went 51 miles more than four times the number of miles traveled on the first day. On the third day the family went 95 fewer miles than the first day. Write and simplify an expression for the total number of miles traveled.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First day : x
Second day : 51%2B4x
Third day : x-95
So then the total would be,
x%2B51%2B4x%2Bx-95=6x-44=highlight%282%283x-22%29%29