SOLUTION: A boy travels to school going 3 mph and on the way home, it is the same distance, but he goes at 5 mph instead. The entire roundtrip took one hour... what was the distance (in mile

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Question 52497: A boy travels to school going 3 mph and on the way home, it is the same distance, but he goes at 5 mph instead. The entire roundtrip took one hour... what was the distance (in miles) that he traveled?

Answer by Paul(988) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x represent the distance
EQUATION:
x%2F3%2Bx%2F5=1
solve from there.
Paul.