document.write( "Question 987095: a jogger runs a distance at a speed of 8 miles per hour and Returns the same distance running at a speed of 6 miles per hour. Find the total distance that the jogger runs if the total time running was one hour forty-five minutes \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #607875 by josgarithmetic(39620) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "WHICHWAY      speed      time            distance\r\n" );
document.write( "going                            \r\n" );
document.write( "returning                        \r\n" );
document.write( "TOTAL                    \r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The distance going is the same as the distance returning so you have two equations.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The unknown variables used are $\"t%5B1%5D\"$ and $\"t%5B2%5D\"$ for going and returning times, in that order. Solve, and user either direction's distance expression to find the one-way distance. \n" ); document.write( "

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