document.write( "Question 1103320: Rory walks from home to Jakes house to borrow a bicycle and then rides home along the same route. By walking at 4 mph and riding at 8 mph Rory takes 45 minutes for the entire round trip. Find the distance that Rory walked \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #718027 by greenestamps(13215) You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "The walking speed is half the bicycling speed, so twice as much time is spent walking as bicycling. \n" ); document.write( "The total time was 45 minutes, so 30 minutes was spent walking and 15 minutes was spent bicycling. \n" ); document.write( "30 minutes (half an hour) at 4mph equals 2 miles. \n" ); document.write( "He walked 2 miles. \n" ); document.write( " |