SOLUTION: Landon started biking to the bookstore traveling 9 mph, after some time the bike got a flat so Landon walked the rest of the way, traveling 3 mph. If the total trip to the bookstor
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Question 1046672: Landon started biking to the bookstore traveling 9 mph, after some time the bike got a flat so Landon walked the rest of the way, traveling 3 mph. If the total trip to the bookstore took 11 hours and it was 69 miles away, how long did Landon travel at each speed?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! x=hours on the bike
11-x=hours walking
9x+3(11-x)=69. The speed times the number of hours equals the distance.
9x+33-3x=69
6x=36
x=6 hours on the bike and 5 hours walking. ANSWER
That is 6*9=54 miles + 5*3=15 miles, and that sum is 69 miles
