Asked by lauryn

Trip walks a total of 12 miles to and from school each week. Lindsey rides her bike a total of 56 miles to and from school each week.

Use the greatest common factor and the distributive property to complete the equation, and find the total number of miles Trip and Lindsey travel to and from school each week.

(3 +
) =

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
12 = 4·3 and 56 = 4·14, so factoring out the GCF 4 gives

4(3 + 14) = 4·17 = 68.

They travel 68 miles in total each week.