SOLUTION: Of a journey, 4/5 of the distance was covered on a plane and 1/6 by driving. If, for the rest of the trip, 5 miles is spent walking, how many miles was the total property?

Question 498935: Of a journey, 4/5 of the distance was covered on a plane and 1/6 by driving. If, for the rest of the trip, 5 miles is spent walking, how many miles was the total property?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Of a journey, 4/5 of the distance was covered on a plane and 1/6 by driving.
If, for the rest of the trip, 5 miles is spent walking, how many miles was the total property?
:
Let x = the total distance of the journey
:
total dist - plane dist - drive dist = 5 miles
x - x - x = 5
:
get rid of those annoying fractions, multiply by 30, results
30x - 6(4)x - 5x = 30(5)
:
30x - 24x - 5x = 150
30x - 29x = 150
x = 150 mi is the total dist
:
:
You can confirm this, calculate:
150 - (150) - (150) =
RELATED QUESTIONS
of a journey, 4/5 of the distance was covered on a plane and 1/4 by driving. 5 miles was... (answered by josgarithmetic)

During my trip to work, I spent 3/4 of the time driving on the highway, during which I... (answered by josgarithmetic)

The distance to Arsh�s cottage is 230km. Part of the trip is spent driving on a paved... (answered by josgarithmetic,MathTherapy)

an athlete covered a distance of 57 miles by walking for 2 hours and then riding a... (answered by stanbon,solver91311)

an athlete covered a distance of 57 miles by walking for 2 hours and then riding a... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

10. A motorist covered a journey of 690 km in 8 hours. He covered part of the journey at... (answered by josmiceli)

A motorist covered a journey of 690km in 8 hours. He covered part of the journey at... (answered by richwmiller)

A motorist covered a journey of 690 km in 8 hours. He covered part of the journey at 90... (answered by josgarithmetic)

On a 5 hr trip thomas drove part of the time at 30mph and the rest 55 mph. if he traveled (answered by solver91311)