SOLUTION: Trisha ran to the park and then walked home. It took her 1/2 hour to run to the park, and 1 hour and 20 minutes to walk home. If she runs 5 miles an hour faster than she walks, how

Question 168236: Trisha ran to the park and then walked home. It took her 1/2 hour to run to the park, and 1 hour and 20 minutes to walk home. If she runs 5 miles an hour faster than she walks, how far does she live from the park?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Running:

Walking:

Given:
hrs
hrs
mi/hr
Putting this data back into the equations:

From the problem, I know , so

multiply both sides by

And, since

And

This verifies that
mi answer

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