There are two separate equations for this question that use the same variable.
Mary took 7 hours to complete a trip with traffic. This would use the following expression:

Mary took 4 hours to complete the same trip without traffic. The average rate of speed was 27 mph faster than the trip with traffic. This uses the following expression:

Both trips had the same distance. From the information provided, we can set up the following equation:

x represents the average rate of speed on both trips.
Distribute 4 to each term in parentheses:



Subtract 4x from both sides:

Divide both sides by 3 to get x by itself:

The average speed for the slower trip is 36 mph.
We can plug this value into the first equation:

Mary lives
252 miles away from the mountains.
6 remainder 4 because if you do 8x6 you get 48 and if you subtract 48 from 52 you get remainder 4
(2-1)(4-2)+9
(1)(2)+9
2+9
11
Answer:
The exact distance between the two points is 10
Step-by-step explanation: