SOLUTION: You are traveling from your house to the amusement par, which is the distance 198 miles. You are eight times as far from the amusement park as you are from your house. How far have
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Question 898059: You are traveling from your house to the amusement par, which is the distance 198 miles. You are eight times as far from the amusement park as you are from your house. How far have you traveled?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = distance from current location to home
8x = distance from current location to amusement park
x+8x = 198
9x = 198
x = 198/9
x = 22
You have traveled 22 miles (you need to travel 8*22 = 176 more miles to get to your destination)
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