SOLUTION: Tanya starts for school walking an average rate of 120 feet per minute. She realizes she forgot her lunch turns around and jogs back to house at 360 feet per minute. It took 10 min
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Question 975101: Tanya starts for school walking an average rate of 120 feet per minute. She realizes she forgot her lunch turns around and jogs back to house at 360 feet per minute. It took 10 minutes to go and come home. How far did she walk before she turned around? Found 2 solutions by ankor@dixie-net.com, josmiceli:Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Tanya starts for school walking an average rate of 120 feet per minute.
She realizes she forgot her lunch turns around and jogs back to house at 360 feet per minute.
It took 10 minutes to go and come home.
How far did she walk before she turned around?
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let d = distance walked before she turned around, (also the distance returned)
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Write a time equation; time = dist/speed
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time there + time back = 10 min + = 10
multiply equation by 360, cancel denominators and you have
3d + d = 360(10)
4d = 3600
d =3600/4
d = 900 ft when she turned around
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Check this; find the time each way.
900/120 = 7.5 min
900/360 = 2.5 min
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total time: 10 min
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = her one-way distance walking
Let = her time in minutes walking from her house = her time in minutes walking back to house
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Substitute (1) into (2)
(2)
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and
(1)
(1)
She walked 900 ft before turning around
check:
(2)
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(2)
(2)
OK
