SOLUTION: Toni cross-country skis five times as far as she walks. If she covers a total distance of 12 kilometers, how far did she walk?
Algebra.Com
Question 309882: Toni cross-country skis five times as far as she walks. If she covers a total distance of 12 kilometers, how far did she walk?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let her walk x km
He skis 5 times the distance he walks
He skis 5x km.
.
Total distance he went was 12 km
5x+s= 12
6x=12
x=2.
So he walks 2 km.
He skis 5 times 2
= 10 km
RELATED QUESTIONS
Hi. I need help with this word problem.
Samantha rides the ski lift to the top of blue... (answered by josmiceli)
Hi. I need help with this word problem.
Samantha rides the ski lift to the top of blue... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)
toni has completed 4/5 of a race. if she has run 2 3/5 kilometers so far, how long is the (answered by Theo,ikleyn)
On average, Sherry can travel four times as fast on cross-country skis as she can with... (answered by jorel1380)
Judy walked into the country at 5 km per hour and then rode a bus back home at 30... (answered by josmiceli)
if perry goes for a 3 hour trip through town on country roads. If she averages 55mph on... (answered by mananth)
if perry goes for a 3 hour trip through town on country roads. If she averages 55mph on... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)
In this word problem I got the equation 6(C+1800). I have to find C-that's if the... (answered by checkley71)
A cross country skier walks 3000m up a mountain road, rests for 10 minutes and then skis... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)