document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=518365>Question 518365</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi my name is Jared Attwell. I am taking a math clasds my question is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "While taking a connecting train, a traveler takes a bus ride at 10 miles an hour to a certain point and then walks back 2 miles an hour. If he returns 3 hours after he left, how far did he walk? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " If he returns 3 hours after he left, how far did he walk?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let d = the distance walked (and rode by bus)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation, time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "bus time + walk time = 3 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + 10*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 10(3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cancel out the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d + 5d = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6d = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 30/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 5 miles walked<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solution of d=5 by finding the times<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/10 = .5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/2  = 2.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total: 3 hrs  </SPAN>\n" );
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