SOLUTION: I don’t know how to solve this. candice and pam walked to town in 9 hours. The next day, they walked to town in 3 hours. How fast did they jog if they jogged 4 miles per hour f

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Question 1098811: I don’t know how to solve this.
candice and pam walked to town in 9 hours. The next day, they walked to town in 3 hours. How fast did they jog if they jogged 4 miles per hour faster than they walked?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r, walk speed
r+4, jogging speed

9r=3%28r%2B4%29
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3r=r%2B4
2r=4
r=2

Jogging speed was 2%2B4=highlight%286%29miles%2Fhour.