Grace\’s work is x miles from her house. She drives to work every day of a 5-day workweek. Grace also goes to the gym every day after work, which increases her daily drive by 8 miles. The following expression shows the number of miles Grace puts on her car during the workweek.
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Which of the following descriptions are equivalent ways to write this problem?
- Grace\’s work is x miles from her house. During the workweek, she drives the x miles between her house and work 10 times. She also works out which increases her driving by 40 miles per workweek.
- Grace\’s work is x miles from her house. To get to work and back, she drives x miles. She does this 5 times during the workweek. She also goes to the gym to work out which increases her daily driving by 8 miles. She does this 5 times.
- Grace\’s work is x miles from her house. To get to work and back, she drives 2x miles. She does this 5 times during the workweek. She also goes to the gym to work out which increases her daily driving by 8 miles. She does this 5 times.
- Grace\’s work is x miles from her house. During the workweek, she drives the x miles between her house and work 7 times. She also goes to the gym to work out which increases her driving by 13 miles per workweek.