SOLUTION: Jim began a 208208​-mile bicycle trip to build up stamina for a triathlon competition.​ Unfortunately, his bicycle chain​ broke, so he finished the trip walking.
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Question 1094807: Jim began a 208208-mile bicycle trip to build up stamina for a triathlon competition. Unfortunately, his bicycle chain broke, so he finished the trip walking. The whole trip took 77 hours. If Jim walks at a rate of 33 miles per hour and rides at 3737 miles per hour, find the amount of time he spent on the bicycle. Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:Answer by ikleyn(52767) (Show Source):
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Jim began a 208-mile bicycle trip to build up stamina for a triathlon competition. Unfortunately, his bicycle chain broke, so he finished the trip walking. The whole trip took 7 hours. If Jim walks at a rate of 3 miles per hour and rides at 37 miles per hour, find the amount of time he spent on the bicycle.
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Let b stand for time spent biking.
Time spent walking is 7-b.
Distance biking, .
Distance walked, .
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