SOLUTION: How far can a man drive into the country if he drives out at 40 miles per hour, returns over the same road at 30 miles per hour, and spends 8 hours away from home, including a 1-ho

Question 1165874: How far can a man drive into the country if he drives out at 40 miles per hour, returns over the same road at 30 miles per hour, and spends 8 hours away from home, including a 1-hour stop for lunch?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= miles driven into the country = miles driven in the return trip
= hours driving into the country
= hours spent driving back from the country to the man's home
hours spent not driving, included in the trip

Multiplying each side of the equal sign times , we get

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