SOLUTION: Wormley ran to the store at 8 kilometers per hour and rode a bus home at 20 kilometers per hour. If his round trip traveling time was 7 hours, how many kilometers was it to the sto

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Question 1202302: Wormley ran to the store at 8 kilometers per hour and rode a bus home at 20 kilometers per hour. If his round trip traveling time was 7 hours, how many kilometers was it to the store?
Found 3 solutions by math_helper, josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by math_helper(2461)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


40km



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Workout:



8km/hr * t  = 20km/hr * (7-t)



8t = 140-20t  

28t = 140

t = 5 (hrs)  -->  Distance to store is 8km/hr*5hr = 40km



Check (using the bus speed):   20km/hr*(7hr-5hr) = 20km/hr*2hr = 40km  

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 same form, different numbers given





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Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Wormley ran to the store at 8 kilometers per hour and rode a bus home at 20 kilometers per hour. If his round trip traveling time was 7 hours, how many kilometers was it to the store?

Let distance be D
Then we get the following TIME equation: 
                                        5D + 2D = 7(40) ----- Multiplying by LCD, 40
                                             7D = 7(40)                     
                       Distance to store, or 
 

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