Laura has been working on her fitness with a personal trainer. The trainer has set her a goal to increase the number of steps she does every day.
Today, Laura did 1800 steps.
The trainer has set Laura the following target for the number of steps per day:
Increase by 2% every day for the next 28 days
Calculate the number of steps Laura’s trainer is expecting her to do on the final day of the challenge (day 28).
Answer:
Since she is increasing by 2% each day you can multiply 1800 by the percentage multiplier of 1.02 per day
Since it is 28 days you can multiply 1800 by the percentage multiplier 28 times
This gives you the equation 1800 x 1.02^28 = 3133.843571
Therefore, on the final day Laura is expected to do 3134 steps