Triana is on a 120-mile four-day bike ride. on the first day she travels 24 miles. She would like to travel equal amounts over the remaining three days. how far will she travel on each of those three days? write and solve an equation of the from px+q=r. then write a sentence to explain your answer…

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To solve this problem, we first need to determine how many miles Triana has left to travel after the first day. She started with a total of 120 miles and traveled 24 miles on the first day.

  1. Calculate the remaining distance:
    Remaining distance = Total distance - Distance traveled on the first day
    Remaining distance = 120 miles - 24 miles = 96 miles

  2. Let x be the distance she will travel on each of the remaining three days.
    Since she wants to travel equal amounts each day for the next three days, we can express this as:
    \(3x = 96\)
    This equation is in the form of \(px + q = r\) where \(p = 3\), \(q = 0\), and \(r = 96\).

  3. Solve for x:
    \[ x = \frac{96}{3} = 32 \]

Thus, Triana will travel 32 miles on each of the remaining three days.

  1. Summary sentence:
    Triana will travel 32 miles each day for the next three days in order to complete her 120-mile bike ride, after covering 24 miles on the first day.
Make it shorter and like a 7th grader wrote it

Triana is on a 120-mile bike ride and rode 24 miles on the first day. To find out how far she needs to ride over the next three days, we first subtract 24 from 120, which leaves her with 96 miles. Then, we divide 96 by 3, so she will ride 32 miles each day for the next three days.

In short, Triana will ride 32 miles each day for three days to finish her ride.

Make it shorter

Triana rode 24 miles on the first day of her 120-mile bike ride. She has 96 miles left. Dividing 96 by 3, she will ride 32 miles each of the next three days.