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Question 742968: I have been given a very challenging word problem and cannot figure it out. It's on Finding rates. Jeff bicycles 160 miles at the rate of r mph. The same trip would have taken 2 hours longer if he had decreased his speed by 4 mph. Find r. Can you please help me solve this problem?...thanks Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):