document.write( "Question 667136: • In a trip a person went one-third of the way by bus, 10 miles by foot and one sixth of the way by horse, How long was the trip? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #414813 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Call the length of the trip in miles $\"+d+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "One-third of the way is $\"+d%2F3+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "One-sixth of the way is $\"+d%2F6+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+d%2F3+%2B+10+%2B+d%2F6+=+d+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by $\"+6+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2d+%2B+60+%2B+d+=+6d+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+3d+=+60+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+d+=+20+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The trip was 20 miles
\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+d%2F3+%2B+10+%2B+d%2F6+=+d+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+20%2F3+%2B+10+%2B+20%2F6+=+20+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+6+%2B+2%2F3+%2B+10+%2B+3+%2B+1%2F3+=+20+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+10+%2B+6+%2B+3+%2B+1+=+20+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+20+=+20+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "OK
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