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Dumi travels 62 miles each day from his house to school. he walks to the bus stop at 4 miles per hour. He rides the rest of the way by bus which a
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Dumi travels 62 miles each day from his house to school. he walks to the bus stop at 4 miles per hour. He rides the rest of the way by bus which a
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Dumi travels 62 miles each day from his house to school. he walks to the bus stop at 4 miles per hour. He rides the rest of the way by bus which averages 40 miles per hour. The entire trip takes 2 hours. How much time does he spend walking and how much time does he spend on the bus? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Dumi travels 62 miles each day from his house to school.
he walks to the bus stop at 4 miles per hour
He rides the rest of the way by bus which averages 40 miles per hour.
The entire trip takes 2 hours.
How much time does he spend walking and how much time does he spend on the bus
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Let b = time spent on the bus
"Entire trip takes 2 hrs," therefore:
(2-b) = time spent walking
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Write a distance equation, dist = speed * time
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Bus dist + walk dist = 62 mi
40b + 4(2-b) = 62
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Find b, (time spent on the bus) then time walking
