Question 1092127: You burn approximately 230 calories less per hour if you ride your bike versus go on a run. Lien went on a 2-hour run plus burned an additional 150 calories in his warm up and cool down. Theo went on a 4-Hour bike ride. Lien and Theo burned the same amount of calories on their workouts, approximately how many calories do you burn in an hour for each type of exercise?
Answer by ikleyn(52800) (Show Source):
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You burn approximately 230 calories less per hour if you ride your bike versus go on a run.
Lien went on a 2-hour run plus burned an additional 150 calories in his warm up and cool down.
Theo went on a 4-Hour bike ride. Lien and Theo burned the same amount of calories on their workouts.
Approximately how many calories do you burn in an hour for each type of exercise?
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Let B is the number of calories you (actually, "average person") burn per hour riding bike (Bike; B stands for Bike), and
let R is the number of calories you (actually, "average person") burn per hour running (Running; R stands for Running).
Then the condition gives you these two equations
R - B = 230, (1) ("You burn approximately 230 calories less per hour if you ride your bike versus go on a run. ")
2R + 150 = 4B (2) ("Lien and Theo burned the same amount of calories on their workouts.")
Thus the major part of the solution is just done: the Math model is established.
The rest is just arithmetic and techniques.
I hope you are familiar with this technique, so I decided do not bother you with it.
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