SOLUTION: Some hikers made the round trip on a mountain tail in 10 hours. It took three times longer to hike up than to hike down. How many hours did it take to hike up the trail?

Question 1042930: Some hikers made the round trip on a mountain tail in 10 hours. It took three times longer to hike up than to hike down. How many hours did it take to hike up the trail?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Some hikers made the round trip on a mountain tail in 10 hours. It took three times longer to hike up than to hike down. How many hours did it take to hike up the trail?
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2 hours
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2 hours up + 2 hours + 3 times 2 hours = 10 hours.

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