SOLUTION: Felipe jobs for 10 miles and then walks another 10 miles. He jobs 2 1/2 miles per hour faster than he walks, and the entire distance of 20 miles takes 6 hours. find the rate at w
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: Felipe jobs for 10 miles and then walks another 10 miles. He jobs 2 1/2 miles per hour faster than he walks, and the entire distance of 20 miles takes 6 hours. find the rate at which he walks and the rate at which he jogs.
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Jogging:
Walking:
given:
mi
mi
mi/hr
hr
hr
--------------------------
Jogging:
(1)
Walking:
Substitute this in (1)
(1)
multiply both sides by
(1)
(1)
Use quadratic formula to solve for
Then find , then find
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