document.write( "Question 139700: Please help me:
\n" ); document.write( "A boy walked over hills at 3 kilometers per hour and on flat roads at 4 kilometers per hour. He walked 18 kilometers in 5 hours. How much of his trip was over hills?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #101821 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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Let \"h\"= km walked on hills
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"f\"= km walked on flat groun
\n" ); document.write( "\"h+%2B+f+=+18\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"h%2F3+%2B+f%2F4+=+5\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"f+=+18+-+h\"
\n" ); document.write( "Use substitution
\n" ); document.write( "\"h%2F3+%2B+%2818+-+h%29%2F4+=+5\"
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply each side by 12
\n" ); document.write( "\"4h+%2B+3%2A%2818+-+h%29+=+60\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"4h+%2B+54+-+3h+=+60\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"h+=+6\"km
\n" ); document.write( "\"f+=+18+-+h\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"f+=+18+-+6\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"f+=+12\"km
\n" ); document.write( "6 km of the trip was over hills
\n" ); document.write( "check answer:
\n" ); document.write( "\"h%2F3+%2B+f%2F4+=+5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"6%2F3+%2B+12%2F4+=+5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2+%2B+3+=+5\"
\n" ); document.write( "OK
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