Answer:
3.5 hours
Explanation:
Speed = distance/time
Let the distance that Fiora biked at 20 mi/h through be x miles and the time it took her to bike through that distance be t hours at 20 mi/h
Then, the rest of the distance that she biked at 14 mi/h is (112 - x) miles
And the time she spent biking at 14 mi/h the rest of the distance = (6.5 - t) hours
Her first biking speed = 20 mph = 20 miles/hour
Speed = distance/time
20 = x/t
x = 20 t (eqn 1)
Her second biking speed = 14 mph = 14 miles/hour
14 = (112 - x)/(6.5 - t)
112 - x = 14 (6.5 - t)
112 - x = 91 - 14t (eqn 2)
Substitute for x in (eqn 2)
112 - 20t = 91 - 14t
20t - 14t = 112 - 91
6t = 21
t = 3.5 hours
x = 20t = 20 × 3.5 = 70 miles.
(112 - x) = 112 - 70 = 42 miles
(6.5 - t) = 6.5 - 3.5 = 3 hours
Meaning that she travelled at 20 mi/h for 3.5 hours.
