SOLUTION: As part of an exercise regimen, you walk 3 miles on an indoor track. Then you jog at three times your walking speed for another 3 miles. If the total time spent walking and jogging

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Question 1134173: As part of an exercise regimen, you walk 3 miles on an indoor track. Then you jog at three times your walking speed for another 3 miles. If the total time spent walking and jogging is 4 Hours,find the walking and jogging rates.
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               SPEED         TIME            DISTANCE

WALKING         r            3/r              3

JOGGING        3r           3/(3r)=1/r        3

TOTAL                        4

highlight_green%283%2Fr%2B1%2Fr=4%29
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4%2Fr=4

highlight%28r=1%29---------walking speed
highlight%283%29-------------jogging speed