document.write( "Question 705385: A traveler is walking on a moving walkway in an airport. The traveler must walk back on the walkway to get a bag he forgot. The traveler's ground speed is 2 ft/s against the walkway and 6 ft/s with the walkway. What is the traveler's speed off the walkway? What is the speed of the moving walkway?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #434573 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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$\"+t+\"$ = traveler's speed in ft/sec
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\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+t+-+w+=+2+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+t+%2B+w+=+6+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "Add the equations
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2t+=+8+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+t+=+4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+t+%2B+w+=+6+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+4+%2B+w+=+6+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+w+=+2+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The traveler's speed off the walkway is 4 ft/sec
\n" ); document.write( "The speed of the moving walkway is 2 ft/sec\r
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