Question

at football practice on monday, brandon threw a football into the target 5 times. the next monday, he tripled the number of targets he hit. on the following monday, his hits double that of the week before. write and evaluate a numerical expression to find how many times he hit the target during those three weeks.
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expression:
□ times

Explanation:

Step1: Define week 1 hits

Week 1 hits: $5$

Step2: Calculate week 2 hits

Week 2 hits: $5 \times 3 = 15$

Step3: Calculate week 3 hits

Week 3 hits: $15 \times 2 = 30$

Step4: Sum all weekly hits

Total hits: $5 + 15 + 30$

Step5: Simplify the expression

Total hits: $5 + (5 \times 3) + (5 \times 3 \times 2) = 50$

Answer:

Expression: $5 + 5\times3 + 5\times3\times2$
Total times: $50$