SOLUTION: bobby ran 5 miles more than jane ran. The sum of their distances is 19 miles. How far did jane run? The domain of the solution is {0, 5, 7, 14}.how would this be written in an al

Question 906530: bobby ran 5 miles more than jane ran. The sum of their distances is 19 miles.
How far did jane run? The domain of the solution is {0, 5, 7, 14}.how would this be written in an algebraic expression

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Substitute the first equation into the second,

Then from above,

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