SOLUTION: A man walks at a pace of 3 miles per hour. After 2 hours he stops for a rest. Let t be time AFTER the rest when he continues on his walk. Let d be the TOTAL distance traveled since
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Question 188190: A man walks at a pace of 3 miles per hour. After 2 hours he stops for a rest. Let t be time AFTER the rest when he continues on his walk. Let d be the TOTAL distance traveled since he started. Write an equation linking d and t. Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
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If the man walked at 3 mph for 2 hours, then he would have travelled 6 miles before he stopped to rest. So if the total distance of the walk is d, then the distance walked after he rested must be d - 6. If t is the time walked after the rest and the rate, r, is still 3 mph, then the equation
