SOLUTION: A student first rode a bus traveling at an average speed of 30kph and then took a taxi traveling at 60kph. The entire distance was 150 km and the entire trip to 3hrs. How far did h

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Question 1128666: A student first rode a bus traveling at an average speed of 30kph and then took a taxi traveling at 60kph. The entire distance was 150 km and the entire trip to 3hrs. How far did he travel riding the taxi?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
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Let = distance student traveled on taxi
= distance traveled on bus
Let = time in hrs for ride in taxi
= time in hrs for bus ride
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Equation for taxi:
(1)
Equation for bus:
(2)
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Plug (1) into (2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
The taxi ride took 2 hrs
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check:
(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK

Answer by MathTherapy(10549) (Show Source):
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A student first rode a bus traveling at an average speed of 30kph and then took a taxi traveling at 60kph. The entire distance was 150 km and the entire trip to 3hrs. How far did he travel riding the taxi?

Let distance traveled by taxi be D
Then distance traveled by bus = 150 - D
We then get the following TIME equation:
First, multiply the equation by its LCD, 60, and then continue solving for D, the distance traveled by taxi.
That's all! NOTHING more, NOTHING less!!