document.write( "Question 1086593: Nickola swam at a rate of 3 km/hr and ran at a rate of 15 km/hr for a total distance traveled of 73.5 km. If he completed the race in 6.5 hours, how long did he take to complete each part of the race? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #700816 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let \n" ); document.write( "swimming part of the race \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "running part \n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Equation for the swimming part: \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "Equation for the running part: \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Plug (1) into (2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "----------------------- \n" ); document.write( "He took 2 hrs to finish the swimming part \n" ); document.write( "He took 4.5 hrs to finish the running part \n" ); document.write( "----------------------- \n" ); document.write( "check: \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "OK\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |