document.write( "Question 457247: if a man travels at 3 mph from point A to point B and then travels back from point B to point A at 5 mph, and the whole round trip takes him 1 hour what is the distance in miles of the whole round trip.\r
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document.write( "please explain to me how to solve this. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #313752 by richwmiller(17219)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! r*t=d \n" ); document.write( "3a=d \n" ); document.write( "5b=d \n" ); document.write( "a+b=1 \n" ); document.write( "a=5/8 b=3/8 d=15/8 miles \n" ); document.write( "2d=30/8=15/4=3 3/4 miles total\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |