document.write( "Question 1165976: It took Jim 25 minutes to ride to the bicycle shop and 1 hour and 15 min to walk home. If he can ride his bike 8 km/hr faster than he can walk, how far is the repair shop?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #790451 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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15 minutes is $\"1%2F4\"$ hour.
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document.write( "             SPEED          TIME          DISTANCE\r\n" );
document.write( "RIDE TO        r+8                  d\r\n" );
document.write( "WALK Back      r                   d \r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "This is not the only way, but the distances d being equal each way,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28r%2B8%29%2A%285%2F12%29=%28r%29%281%261%2F4%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Solve this for r, and then evaluate $\"%285%2F4%29r\"$ . \n" ); document.write( "

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