Richard and Linda enjoy visiting Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The distance from their home to Hilton Head is 870 mi, so the drive takes them 2 days. Richard and Linda travel four times as far the first day as they do the second day. How many miles do they travel each day?

696 miles at the first day, and 174 miles at the second day.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Richard and Linda enjoy visiting Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

The distance from their home to Hilton Head is 870 miles.

So, the drive takes them 2 days.

Richard and Linda travel four times as far the first day as they do the second day.

Question asked:

How many miles do they travel each day?

Solution:

Let Richard and Linda traveled at the first day =

Then Richard and Linda traveled at the second day will be =

Total distance from their home to Hilton Head = 870 miles

Traveled at the first day in miles + Traveled at the second day = 870

By substituting the value:

Richard and Linda traveled at the first day = = 174 miles

Richard and Linda traveled at the second day will be =  

Therefore, they traveled 696 miles at the first day and 174 miles at the second day.

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