Jy is hiking glacier national park he now has hiked a total of 17 km and is 2 km short of being 1/2 of the way done with his hik

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Jy is hiking glacier national park he now has hiked a total of 17 km and is 2 km short of being 1/2 of the way done with his hik

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write a equation to determine the total length in kilometers(h) of jy's hike

find the total length of jy's hike

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anastassius [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-10T20:40:06+03:00

anastassius [24]3 years ago

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Jy has hiked 17km

He is 2km short of being half of the way done with hicking

Let the total distance he hiked be xkm

Then 1/2x = 17 + 2km

1/2x = 19km

x = 19 × 2 = 38km

The total distance he covered was 38km.