SOLUTION: A man walks at a pace of 3 miles per hour. After 2 hours he stops for a rest. Let Y be time AFTER the rest when he continues on his walk. Let Z be the TOTAL distance traveled si

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Question 151130: A man walks at a pace of 3 miles per hour. After 2 hours he stops for a rest. Let Y be time AFTER the rest when he continues on his walk. Let Z be the TOTAL distance traveled since he started. I need an equation linking Z to Y.
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"A man walks at a pace of 3 miles per hour. After 2 hours he stops for a rest"
__ so he walks 6 mi (3mph X 2h) and then rests

"Let Y be time AFTER the rest when he continues on his walk"
__ so after resting, he walks 3Y mi (3mph X Yh)

Z=6+3Y