Brooklyn is starting a running plan to train for a race. In the first week of her running plan, Brooklyn will run 8 miles. The plan calls for Brooklyn to increase her weekly mileage by 1.5 miles every week. If Brooklyn sticks to the plan, how many miles would she be expected to run during her 19th week of training plan?

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Yosef

15 April, 11:22

Brooklyn is starting a running plan to train for a race. In the first week of her running plan, Brooklyn will run 8 miles. The plan calls for Brooklyn to increase her weekly mileage by 1.5 miles every week. If Brooklyn sticks to the plan, how many miles would she be expected to run during her 19th week of training plan?

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Ian Novak · Answer 1

36.5 miles

Micaela Lucas · Answer 2

write out the first three terms (ex. the first term was 8 miles for the first week)

find out the arithmetic sequence or d. (d = 1.5)

plug into explicit formula.

answer: 35