SOLUTION: If David walks at the rate of 5mph and jogs at the rate of 9mph and it takes 2 hours to cover a distance of 14 miles, how much time was spent jogging?
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Question 801948: If David walks at the rate of 5mph and jogs at the rate of 9mph and it takes 2 hours to cover a distance of 14 miles, how much time was spent jogging? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Distance equals rate times time, so if he jogged for miles, it must have taken him hours. Likewise, he walked for hours. The sum of these two times is hours.
Solve for , then calculate
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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
