SOLUTION: cheryl and judy trudged at 4 miles per hour then continued at brisk pace of 6 miles per hour. If the total trip of 56 miles took 12 hours, how long did they trudged and how long di
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Question 254783: cheryl and judy trudged at 4 miles per hour then continued at brisk pace of 6 miles per hour. If the total trip of 56 miles took 12 hours, how long did they trudged and how long did they walk briskly? Answer by natts9678(5) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let time taken for trudging be t hours
then time they walked at a brisk pace = 12 - t
Distance traveled = speed * time
4t + 6(12 - t) = 56
4t + 72 - 6t = 56
-2t = 56 - 72
-2t = -16
t = 8 hours
Time taken for trudging = 8 hours
Time they walked briskly = 4 hours
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