The natchez trace parkway is a historical 444-mile route from natchez, mississippi, to nashville, tennessee. a couple drove the trace in four days. each day they drove 8 miles more than the previous day. how many miles did they drive each day?

99 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

Length of the trace   444 miles

The couple drove that distance in four days  doing as follow:

Lets call x the miles per day they drove

first day                          x      miles

Second day              8 + x      miles

Third day            8 + 8 + x      miles

fourth day     8 + 8 +8 + x      miles

Then we get the equation:

x  +  ( 8 + x )  + ( 16 + x )  +  ( 24  + x ) = 444

Solving for x

4x  + 48  = 444               4x  = 444 - 48      4x  = 396

x =  99 miles

fist on the left goes with the third on the right. second on the left goes with the fourth on the right. third on the left goes with the second on the right. the fourth on the left goes with first on the right