<PRE><B>Question 498935</B>
Of a journey, 4/5 of the distance was covered on a plane and 1/6 by driving.
 If, for the rest of the trip, 5 miles is spent walking, how many miles was the total property?
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Let x = the total distance of the journey
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total dist - plane dist - drive dist = 5 miles
x - {{{4/5}}}x - {{{1/6}}}x = 5
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get rid of those annoying fractions, multiply by 30, results
30x - 6(4)x - 5x = 30(5)
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30x - 24x - 5x = 150
30x - 29x = 150
x = 150 mi is the total dist
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You can confirm this, calculate:
150 - {{{4/5}}}(150) - {{{1/6}}}(150) = </PRE>