SOLUTION: • In a trip a person went one-third of the way by bus, 10 miles by foot and one sixth of the way by horse, How long was the trip?
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Question 667136: • In a trip a person went one-third of the way by bus, 10 miles by foot and one sixth of the way by horse, How long was the trip?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the length of the trip in miles
One-third of the way is
One-sixth of the way is
given:
Multiply both sides by
The trip was 20 miles
check:
OK
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