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Question 224066: Tom rides the bus part of the way to school and then he walks the rest of the way. He walks 5 mins longer than he rides. The whole trip takes 27 mins. for how many mins does he walk? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Tom rides the bus part of the way to school and then he walks the rest of the way. He walks 5 mins longer than he rides. The whole trip takes 27 mins. for how many mins does he walk?
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Let ride time be "x" minutes.
Then walk time is "x+5" minutes.
Equation:
time + time = 27 min.
x + x+5 = 27
2x = 22
x = 11 minutes (ride time)
x+5 = 16 minutes (walk time)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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