SOLUTION: As part of an exercise regimen you walk 2 miles on an indoor track. Then you jog at twice your walking speed for another 2 miles. If the total time spent walking and jogging is 3 h

Question 1083186: As part of an exercise regimen you walk 2 miles on an indoor track. Then you jog at twice your walking speed for another 2 miles. If the total time spent walking and jogging is 3 hours, find the walking and jogging rates.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

           SPEED       TIME       DISTANCE
WALK         r          2/r          2
JOG          2r         2/(2r)       2
Total                    3

Solve this equation for r, the walking speed.
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