SOLUTION: Maria jogs 15 miles and bicycles back. The total trip requires 3 hours. If she bicycles twice as fast as she jogs, how fast does she bicycle?

Question 178796: Maria jogs 15 miles and bicycles back. The total trip requires 3 hours. If she bicycles twice as fast as she jogs, how fast does she bicycle?
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Maria jogs 15 miles and bicycles back. The total trip requires 3 hours.
If she bicycles twice as fast as she jogs, how fast does she bicycle?
:
Let s = jogging speed
then
2s = biking speed
:
Write a time equation; time =
:
time jogging + time riding = 3 hrs
+ = 3
multiply equation by 2s
:
2s* + 2s* = 2s(3)
cancel out the denominators
2(15) + 15 = 6s
:
30 + 15 = 6s
:
45 = 6s
s =
s = 7.5 mph is the jogging speed
then
2(7.5) = 15 mph is the biking speed
;
:
Check solution by finding the times
15/7.5 = 2 hr
15/15 = 1 hr
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total = 3 hrs. confirms our solution
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