SOLUTION: You ride your bike x miles per hour up a mountain for 45 minutes. On the way down the mountain, you ride your bike 5 miles per hour faster. It takes 20 minutes to ride your bike do

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Question 1166739: You ride your bike x miles per hour up a mountain for 45 minutes. On the way down the mountain, you ride your bike 5 miles per hour faster. It takes 20 minutes to ride your bike down the mountain. How far did you ride your bike in total?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
UptheHill, distance %28x%29%283%2F4%29

DowntheHill, distance %28x%2B5%29%281%2F3%29

The two distances are the same.
3x%2F4=%28x%2B5%29%2F3
Solve for x, and find the total up and down hill distance.