SOLUTION: Ranjit is journeying by foot and on horseback to a remote place. She can travel 3 miles in an hour on foot or 7 miles in an hour on horseback. After 10 hours, she has traveled 46 m

Question 939761: Ranjit is journeying by foot and on horseback to a remote place. She can travel 3 miles in an hour on foot or 7 miles in an hour on horseback. After 10 hours, she has traveled 46 miles. How many hours has she traveled on foot and on horse?
A. 6 hours on foot and 4 hours on horse
B. 5 hours on foot and 5 hours on horse
C. 7 hours on foot and 3 hours on horse
D. 8 hours on foot and 2 hours on horse

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suppose she traveled hours on foot.
Total time hours so she traveled hours on horseback.
Therefore, on foot she traveled miles
and on horseback she went miles.
In total, that is
The total distance traveled was miles so that
Therefore and so hours.
hours on foot and hours on horseback
so, answer is A. hours on foot and hours on horse
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