SOLUTION: in a week mike ran 8km farther than bill,while pete ran 1km less than 3 timesas far as bill. if pete ran 15km farther than mike, how many kilometers did bill run?
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Question 174566: in a week mike ran 8km farther than bill,while pete ran 1km less than 3 timesas far as bill. if pete ran 15km farther than mike, how many kilometers did bill run? Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! lets call how far bill, mike, and pete ran in a week b,m, and p respecitively
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m=b+8.......eq 1
p=3b-1......eq 2
p=m+15......eq 3
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plug m's value of b+8 from eq 1 into eq 3
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p=b+8+15---->p=b+23........take this value of p and plug it into eq 2
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b+23=3b-1
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2b=24
: km run by Bill
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