Question

Clara put 860 miles on her car in May. In

June, she put 28 less than twice the number
of miles on her car than she did in May.

Answer 1

Answer: increase 96.74%

Explanation:

860 x 2 - 28 = 1692

1692 = 860 = 1.9674

( 1.9674 - 1 ) x 100 % = 96.74 %

! carefully calculated !

Answer 2

Let x be the number of miles Clara put on her car in June.

We are given that Clara put 860 miles on her car in May, so we can write:

Number of miles Clara put on her car in June = 2(860) - 28 (since she put 28 less than twice the number of miles on her car than she did in May)

Simplifying this expression, we get:

Number of miles Clara put on her car in June = 1,692

Therefore, Clara put 1,692 miles on her car in June.