SOLUTION: You can jog at a speed of 8 miles per hour, and run at a speed of 12 miles per hour. If you traveled 6 miles in 40 minutes, find the amount of time you jogged as well as the amount

Question 349503: You can jog at a speed of 8 miles per hour, and run at a speed of 12 miles per hour. If you traveled 6 miles in 40 minutes, find the amount of time you jogged as well as the amount of time you ran.
I mainly just need to know how to set it up...

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rate*Time=Distance

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The two rates are the jogging rate, , and the running rate,.
The two rates are the jogging time, , and the running time,.
You know the total distance and the total time.
Total time:
Convert 40 minutes to hours to be consistent with the rate units.
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Distance:

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You have two equations in two unknowns.
Use either substitution or elimination to solve.

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