SOLUTION: Felipe jobs for 10 miles and then walks another 10 miles. He jobs 2 1/2 miles per hour faster than he walks, and the entire distance of 20 miles takes 6 hours. find the rate at w
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: Felipe jobs for 10 miles and then walks another 10 miles. He jobs 2 1/2 miles per hour faster than he walks, and the entire distance of 20 miles takes 6 hours. find the rate at which he walks and the rate at which he jogs. This question is from textbook
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Jogging:
Walking:
given: mi mi mi/hr hr hr
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Jogging:
(1)
Walking:
Substitute this in (1)
(1)
multiply both sides by
(1)
(1)
Use quadratic formula to solve for
Then find , then find
