Question

After knee surgery, your trainer tells you to return to your jogging program slowly. He suggests jogging for 12 minutes each day for the first week. Each week thereafter, he suggests that you increase that time by 6 minutes per day. How many weeks will it be before you are up to jogging 60 minutes per day?

Answer 1

8 weeks

Explanation:

1. Write out the equation

12+6x=60

2. Subtract 12 from both sides

6x = 48

isolate the variable (divide 6 on both sides)

x= 8