Question

Lola, Mackenzie, and Sebastian had a challenge to see who could run the most in one day. Lola ran 6 miles. Mackenzie ran 4 times as many miles as Lola, and Sebastian ran 2 times as many miles as Mackenzie. How many miles did Sebastian run?

Answer 1

`Sebastian \: ran \: 48 \: miles.`

Explanation:

`let \: Lola \: = l, \\ let \: Mackenzie \: = m, \\ and \\ Sebastian = s \\ l = 6, \: m = 4l, \: and \: s = 2m \: Sebastian \: ran : \\ s = 2(4l) = 2(4 * 6) = 2 * 24 = 48. \\ Sebastian \: ran \: 48 \: miles. \\ Mackenzie \: ran \: 24 \: miles \\ Lola \: ran \: 6 \: miles.`