SOLUTION: Sally walked to the store from her home at the rate of 5 miles per hour. After spending one-half hour in the store, her friend gave her a ride home at the rate of 30 miles per hour

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Question 1162990: Sally walked to the store from her home at the rate of 5 miles per hour. After spending one-half hour in the store, her friend gave her a ride home at the rate of 30 miles per hour. She arrived home 1 hour and 5 minutes (1 1/12 hours) after she left from home. How far is the store from Sally’s home?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52800)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let d be the distance from home to the store, in miles (one way distance).


The total time traveling both ways is  1 hours -  of an hour =  =  of an hour.


Time walking  is    hours.

Time riding back is    hours.


Total time equation is


     +  =    of an hour.


To solve it, multiply both sides by 60.  You will get


    12d  +  2d  = 35,

    14d         = 35

      d         =  = 2.5  miles.    ANSWER

Solved.

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Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Here is an alternative method for solving a problem like this, if a formal algebraic solution is not required.

For me, this alternative method is much faster than using formal algebra to write and solve an equation.

The time spent driving is the total time of 1 1/12 hours, minus the 1/2 hour she spent in the store; that is 7/12 of an hour.

The ratio of the walking and riding speeds is 1:6; so the amounts of time walking and riding are in the ratio 6:1.

That means 6/7 of the total travel time was walking and 1/7 of it was riding. That means 6/12 = 1/2 hour walking and 1/12 hour riding.

The distance to the store is (1/2 hour)*(5mph) = 2.5 miles.
or...
The distance to the store is (1/12 hour)*(30mph) = 2.5 miles.
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