SOLUTION: Andrew travelled a distance of 39 km by jogging for 4 hours and cycling for 3 hours. He could havetravelledthesamedistancebyjoggingfor7hoursandcyclingfor2hours. Find the speed at
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Question 1138223: Andrew travelled a distance of 39 km by jogging for 4 hours and cycling for 3 hours. He could havetravelledthesamedistancebyjoggingfor7hoursandcyclingfor2hours. Find the speed at which he was jogging and the speed at which he was cycling. Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source):
Solve the pair of linear equations by any method you choose.
Here is a method you might not have seen that works very nicely for this problem.
Continue the pattern shown by the two equations:
4j+3c = 39
7j+2c = 39 (3 more hours jogging and 1 less hour cycling gives the same total distance)
10j+c = 39 (continue the pattern of 3 more hours jogging and 1 less hour cycling)
13j = 39
So j = 39/13 = 3; his jogging speed is 3km/hr.
Then combining that with the first equation gives c = 9.
