Landon wants to ride his bicycle 36 miles this week. He has already ridden 4 miles. If he rides for 4 more days, write and solve an equation which can be used to determine mm, the average number of miles he would have to ride each day to meet his goal.

Answer 1

Landon's goal is to ride a total of 36 miles. He has already ridden 4 miles, which means he has \( 36 - 4 = 32 \) miles left to ride.

He plans to ride for 4 more days. Let's denote the average number of miles he needs to ride each day as \( m \). In 4 days, if he rides \( m \) miles each day, the total distance he rides in those 4 days can be expressed as \( 4m \).

The equation to represent the situation is: \[ 4m = 32 \]

Now, we can solve for \( m \): \[ m = \frac{32}{4} = 8 \]

Thus, Landon would have to ride 8 miles each day for the next 4 days to meet his goal of 36 miles this week.