To find your answer you'd first add up all of their laps that they had completed over the 3 weekends.
8,597 + 11,065 + 9,211 =28,873 laps.
Afterwards, you'd subtract 28,873 from the original 40,000 goal and end up with 11,127 more laps as your answer.
Answer:
The team needs to swim 11,127 more laps in the last weekend.
Step-by-step explanation:
The park districts goal is 40,000 laps.
A park district holds a fundraiser over 4 weekends.
Over three weekends the team swam 8,597 laps 11,065 laps and 9,211 laps.
So, total laps become = [tex]8597+11065+9211=28873[/tex] laps
The number of laps they need to swim the fourth weekend to reach there goal are = [tex]40000-28873=11127[/tex]
Therefore, the team needs to swim 11,127 more laps in the last weekend.
