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Ashlee made a 205 mile bike trip in 8hrs. She traveled the first 3 hours at a constant rate before increasing the speed by 15 mph. Find her rate over the first leg of the trip
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Ashlee made a 205 mile bike trip in 8hrs. She traveled the first 3 hours at a constant rate before increasing the speed by 15 mph. Find her rate over the first leg of the trip
Answer by rwm(914) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
one problem
at a time.
3x+5y=205
y=x+15
x = 65/4, y = 125/4
60/4=15
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