document.write( "Question 224066: Tom rides the bus part of the way to school and then he walks the rest of the way. He walks 5 mins longer than he rides. The whole trip takes 27 mins. for how many mins does he walk? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #167396 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Tom rides the bus part of the way to school and then he walks the rest of the way. He walks 5 mins longer than he rides. The whole trip takes 27 mins. for how many mins does he walk? \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Let ride time be \"x\" minutes. \n" ); document.write( "Then walk time is \"x+5\" minutes. \n" ); document.write( "Equation: \n" ); document.write( "time + time = 27 min. \n" ); document.write( "x + x+5 = 27 \n" ); document.write( "2x = 22 \n" ); document.write( "x = 11 minutes (ride time) \n" ); document.write( "x+5 = 16 minutes (walk time) \n" ); document.write( "============================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |