SOLUTION: Ms. Driva Reck drove from her home to a service station at 48 km/h. She returned home by bicycle at 16 km/h. The entire trip took 4 hours. How far was the service station from Ms.

Question 398819: Ms. Driva Reck drove from her home to a service station at 48 km/h. She returned home by bicycle at 16 km/h. The entire trip took 4 hours. How far was the service station from Ms. Reck's home?
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Ms. Driva Reck drove from her home to a service station at 48 km/h.
She returned home by bicycle at 16 km/h.
The entire trip took 4 hours. How far was the service station from Ms. Reck's home?
:
Let d = distance to the service station
:
Write a time equation: time = dist/time
:
to time + return time = 4 hrs
+ = 4
Multiply by 48, to clear the denominators:
48* + 48* = 4(48)
d + 3d = 48(4)
4d = 192
d = 192/4
d = 48 km
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Check this
48/48 + 48/3 =
1 + 3 = 4
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