To train for an upcoming marathon Susie plans to run 2 miles per day the first week and then increase the daily distance by half a mile each of the following weeks How long before the marathon should she start There are many ways to approach this problem Some include making a table writing a function creating ordered pairs 1 Identify and label the variables 2 Make a table for up to 6 weeks to see a pattern 3 Write an equation to represent the nth term of the sequence 4 If the pattern continues during which week will she run 10 miles per day 5 Is it reasonable to think that this pattern will continue indefinitely Explain 6 How long before the marathon should she start