document.write( "Question 611474: Manish travels a certain distance by his car at the rate of 12km/hr and walks back at the rate of 3km/hr . the whole journey took 5 hrs . what is the distance he covered on car
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Manish travels a certain distance by his car at the rate of 12km/hr and walks back at the rate of 3km/hr . the whole journey took 5 hrs . what is the distance he covered on car
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\n" ); document.write( "Car DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "rate = 12 km/hr ; time = t hrs : distance = 12t km
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\n" ); document.write( "Walking DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "rate = 3 km/hr ; time = 5-t hrs ; distance = 3(5-t) km
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "car dist = walk dist
\n" ); document.write( "12t = 15-3t
\n" ); document.write( "15t = 15
\n" ); document.write( "time = 1 hr
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\n" ); document.write( "Distance covered by car: 12t = 12 km
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