document.write( "Question 1199900: Buduli covers a distance of 8km to his house in 1hour.He walks part of the distance at 6km/h
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document.write( "Let d be the distance he ran, in kilometers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the distance he walked was (8-d) kilometers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write the time equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "     +  = 1  hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To solve it, multiply both sides of equation by 30.  You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3d + 5*(8-d) = 30.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and find d\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3d + 40 - 5d = 30\r\n" );
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document.write( "    40 - 30 = 5d - 3d\r\n" );
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document.write( "      10    =   2d\r\n" );
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document.write( "       d    =    10/2 = 5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Buduli ran 5 kilometers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK.    +  =  +  =  +  = 1 hour, the total time.   ! correct !\r\n" );
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