SOLUTION: I need help translating the verbal sentence into an equation or an inequality then using the info to solve for the variables...The distance (t) you travel by train is 3 and 2/3 tim

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Question 755081: I need help translating the verbal sentence into an equation or an inequality then using the info to solve for the variables...The distance (t) you travel by train is 3 and 2/3 times the distance (d) you live from the train station. You drive 3 miles to get from your house to the train station.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This looks like:
+t+=+%28+11%2F3%29%2Ad+
+d+=+3+
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This is 2 equations and 2 unknowns,
so it is solvable.
By substitution:
+t+=+%2811%2F3%29%2A3+
+t+=+11+
Unless I misread it