Question 858958

It takes 12 hours to drive a truck to its delivery point and back.  The rate going 50 mph, the rate returning is 70 mph.  Find the one way distance
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Let distance be D
Then: {{{D/50 + D/70 = 12}}}
Solve for D to get the distance.
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