SOLUTION: You ride your bike x miles per hour up a mountain for 45 minutes. On the way down the mountain, you ride your bike 5 miles per hour faster. It takes 20 minutes to ride your bike do

Question 1166739: You ride your bike x miles per hour up a mountain for 45 minutes. On the way down the mountain, you ride your bike 5 miles per hour faster. It takes 20 minutes to ride your bike down the mountain. How far did you ride your bike in total?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
UptheHill, distance

DowntheHill, distance

The two distances are the same.

Solve for x, and find the total up and down hill distance.
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