SOLUTION: Jenny walks 5 kilometers from her house to Star SuperMall to buy a new bike which she uses to return home. She averaged 10 kilometers faster on her bike than on foot. If her total

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Question 1041198: Jenny walks 5 kilometers from her house to Star SuperMall to buy a new bike which she uses to return home. She averaged 10 kilometers faster on her bike than on foot. If her total trip took 1 hour and 20 minutes, what is her walking speed in kph? Use the formula v = d/t .
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39614)   (Show Source):
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RATE TIME DISTANCE WALK v 5 BIKE v+10 5 TOTAL

Answer by jorel555(1290)   (Show Source):
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If v=d/t; then t=d/v. Since we know Jenny traveled 5 kilometers both ways; let n be her walking speed. So
5/n+5/(n+10)=4/3 hours
15/n+15/(n+10)=4
15(n+10)+15n=4(n�+10n)
30n+150=4n�+40n
4n�+10n-150=0
Using the quadratic formula, we get
n=5 or -7.5
So her speed on foot was 5 kmh, and on bike it was 15 kmh. ☺☺☺☺

Answer by MathTherapy(10549)   (Show Source):
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Jenny walks 5 kilometers from her house to Star SuperMall to buy a new bike which she uses to return home. She averaged 10 kilometers faster on her bike than on foot. If her total trip took 1 hour and 20 minutes, what is her walking speed in kph? Use the formula v = d/t.

With v as speed:
Time taken to walk to store:
Time taken to ride home:
Since total time taken is , we get the following TIME equation:

Solve for v, the walking speed. This should be 5 km/h