SOLUTION: Douglass goes hiking every weekend, while Tyrone usually stays in the city to drink coffee and read the newspaper. Both douglass and Tyrone decide to climb Mt. Boulderdash on the s
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Question 612771: Douglass goes hiking every weekend, while Tyrone usually stays in the city to drink coffee and read the newspaper. Both douglass and Tyrone decide to climb Mt. Boulderdash on the same weekend in June, but do not hike it together. Douglass can hike 3 times as fast as Tyrone and the hike takes them a combined total of 13 hours. How long does it take Tyrone to climb the mountain? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Douglass goes hiking every weekend, while Tyrone usually stays in the city to drink coffee and read the newspaper. Both douglass and Tyrone decide to climb Mt. Boulderdash on the same weekend in June, but do not hike it together. Douglass can hike 3 times as fast as Tyrone and the hike takes them a combined total of 13 hours. How long does it take Tyrone to climb the mountain?
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Let s = T's hiking speed
then
3s = D's hiking speed
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let t = time required by T to climb the mountain
then
(13-t) = time required by D to do it
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Write a distance equation; Dist = speed * time
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T's dist = D's dist
st = 3s(13-t)
st = 39s - 3st
st + 3st = 39s
Divide thru by s
t + 3t = 39
4t = 39
t =
t = 9.75 hrs is T's hiking time up the mountain
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See if this checks out.
D's time: 13 - 9.75 = 3.25 hrs, which is 1/3 of T's time, reasonable since he travels 3 times a fast
