document.write( "Question 1115698: Teens rode her skateboard to her uncle’s house, 12 miles away. A wheel broke just as she arrived, so Rena borrowed her uncles bicycle to return home. Traveling by bicycle she was able to go twice as fast and returned home in 2 hours less time than it took to go to her uncles house. How long did it take reena to get home on the bicycle \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the time \"to there\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the time back is  {{x/2}}}.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The condition says  x -  = 2,   or, equivalently,\r\n" );
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document.write( " = 2,  which implies  x = 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  Time \"to there\" is 4 hours.  Time back is 2 hours.\r\n" );
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