SOLUTION: You can walk 8 miles in the same time that it takes to travel 16 miles by car. If the car's rate is 2 miles per hour faster than you walking rate. The rate for walking is x and the

Question 993070: You can walk 8 miles in the same time that it takes to travel 16 miles by car. If the car's rate is 2 miles per hour faster than you walking rate. The rate for walking is x and the rate for car in heavy traffic is x+2. Find the average rate of each.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can walk 8 miles in the same time that it takes to travel 16 miles by car. If the car's rate is 2 miles per hour faster than you walking rate. The rate for walking is x and the rate for car in heavy traffic is x+2. Find the average rate of each.
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Car DATA:
dist = 16 miles ; rate = x+2 mph ; time = d/r = 16/(x+2) hrs
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You DATA:
dist = 8 miles ; rate + x mph ; time = 8/x hrs
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Equation:
time = time
16/(x+2) = 8/x
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16x = 8x+16
8x = 16
x = 2 mph (your rate)
x+2 = 4 mph (car's rate)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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