Problema Solution

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 provided by our tutors

first week: 12


second week: 12 + 6


third week: 12 + 6 + 6 = 12 + 2*6


forth week: 12 +2*6 + 6 = 12 + 3*6


n th week: 12 + (n - 1)*6


12 + (n - 1)*6 < 60


by solving we find


n < 9 weeks


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it takes 8 weeks before you start jogging 60 min per day.