SOLUTION: A jogger runs a distance at a speed of 8mph and returns the same distance running at a speed of 6mph. Find the total distance that the jogger runs if total time running is 1 hour a

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Question 202145: A jogger runs a distance at a speed of 8mph and returns the same distance running at a speed of 6mph. Find the total distance that the jogger runs if total time running is 1 hour and 45 min.
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use 2 distance formulas

and

given:
mi/hr
mi/hr
hr


and




Multiply both sides by n


mi
The total distance the jogger runs is
mi answer

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