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Question 804040: The Marsh family took a vacation that was a total of 1356 miles. The return trip was 284 miles shorter than the first part of the trip. How long was the return trip? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the 1st part of the trip
Let = the 2nd part of the trip
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By substitution:
and, since
The return trip was 536 miles
check:
OK
