Abdul drove four trips that totalled 426 km. The second trip was 4 less than double the first. The third trip was double the second and the fourth trip was 18 more than triple the first. How far was each trip? Please help!!!

Let the first trip be x

Second trip is 2x-4

Third trip is 2(2x-4)

Fourth trip is 3x + 18

x + (2x-4) + 2(2x-4)+3x+18 = 426

x + 2x -4 + 4x - 8 + 3x + 18 = 426

10x + 6 = 426

10x = 426-6

x = 420/10 = 42 km

Second trip was

2x-4 = 2(42)-4 = 84-4 = 80 km

Third trip was

2 * 80 = 160 km

Fourth trip was

3(42) + 18 = 144 km

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step-by-step explanation:

hello and welcome!

so, when we see the words "proportional" along with a table, we need to know that we're looking numbers that divide by the same thing.

looking at this table, we simply have to do a trial and error, and divide to see which numbers have the same quotient. if you look at choice a & c, they both have equal quotients for three of the numbers, with one exception, so those can't be the answer. looking at b, there is no similarity, so that can't be it. then, we see d; if you divide all the numbers in the table, you'll see that they all divide by two, which is a proportional relationship, and our answer!

also, always remember that the x will always be the number that goes into y, and somewhere behind this table, is a formula. for this specific table, the formula would be:

since our x-value is being divided by two to get the y-value. and if they were to ask for more numbers in the series, this is the formula you would use to find them.