Question

Mia walks her dog twice a day. Her evening walk is two and a half times as far as her morning walk. At the end of the week she says she walked her dog 30 miles. How long is her morning walk?

Answer 1

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Answer:

1 11/49 ≈ 1.224 miles

Explanation:

Let m represent the length of the morning walk. Then the length of the evening walk is 2.5m, and the total each day is m+2.5m = 3.5m.

The total for 7 days is ...

7(3.5m) = 30

m = 30/24.5 = 60/49 ≈ 1.224 . . . . miles

Mia's morning walks are 1 11/49 miles, about 1.224 miles.