SOLUTION: if a cyclist has cycled 2/5 of his journey an still has 1 km get to half way.how long is the whole journey?
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Question 818567: if a cyclist has cycled 2/5 of his journey an still has 1 km get to half way.how long is the whole journey?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let d be the distance of the journey.
2d/5 + 1 = d/2
4d+10=5d Multiply the eq. by 10.
d=10 km
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Ed
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