SOLUTION: you are training for a triathlon In your training routine each week you bike 5 times as far as and you run 4 times as far as you swim One week you trained a total of 200 miles how

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Question 386742: you are training for a triathlon In your training routine each week you bike 5 times as far as and you run 4 times as far as you swim One week you trained a total of 200 miles how many miles did you swim that week?
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let s = # miles you swam. Then 5s = # miles you biked, and 4s = # miles you ran. Then s + 5s + 4s = 200, or 10s = 200, or s = 20 miles, the # miles swam.