SOLUTION: abu ran for 1/3 of an hour and then walked for half an hour at the rate of 3km/h. in all, he had covered 4 km. how fast did he run?

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Question 253133: abu ran for 1/3 of an hour and then walked for half an hour at the rate of 3km/h. in all, he had covered 4 km. how fast did he run?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Write 2 equations,1 for running
and 1 for walking

and

given:
hr
hr
km/hr
km
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and




and, since



He ran 7.5 km/hr
check:



OK

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