SOLUTION: a boy walks to a picnic spot from his house in 6 hours but he can travel the same distance on cycle in hours. if his average cycling speed is 7 km per hours faster than his average

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Question 1074218: a boy walks to a picnic spot from his house in 6 hours but he can travel the same distance on cycle in hours. if his average cycling speed is 7 km per hours faster than his average walking speed. find his average walking speed and his average cycling speed.
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a boy walks to a picnic spot from his house in 6 hours but he can travel the same distance on cycle in hours. if his average cycling speed is 7 km per hours faster than his average walking speed. find his average walking speed and his average cycling speed.
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he can travel the same distance on cycle in ___?___hours." we need to know this
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The description is missing time for cycling the same distance.
                SPEED       TIME       DISTANCE
WALK            r            6          d
CYCLE           r+7          t          d

The question asks for r and r+7.







Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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You missed some critically important data in this part of the the problem's condition (see underlined part). 

    a boy walks to a picnic spot from his house in 6 hours but he can travel the same distance on cycle in hours.



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