A group of cyclists went bike riding during a 7-day vacation. They biked 131 miles in the first three days. By the end of their vacation, they had biked 287 miles in all. How many miles did they bike during each of the last 4 days if they biked the same distance each day?

miles per day

1 answer

To find out how many miles the cyclists biked each day during the last 4 days of their vacation, we first need to determine how many miles they biked during those 4 days.

  1. Total miles biked: 287 miles
  2. Miles biked in the first 3 days: 131 miles

Next, we can calculate the distance biked during the last 4 days:

\[ \text{Miles biked in the last 4 days} = \text{Total miles} - \text{Miles in the first 3 days} = 287 - 131 = 156 \text{ miles} \]

Now, since they biked the same distance each day during the last 4 days, we divide the total miles biked during those days by 4:

\[ \text{Miles per day} = \frac{\text{Miles biked in the last 4 days}}{4} = \frac{156}{4} = 39 \text{ miles/day} \]

Therefore, the cyclists biked 39 miles each day during the last 4 days of their vacation.