Mr. Smith spent 6 hours hiking along a trail and back. He walked out at the rate of 4 miles per hour and walked back at the rate

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Tju [1.3M]

3 years ago

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Mr. Smith spent 6 hours hiking along a trail and back. He walked out at the rate of 4 miles per hour and walked back at the rate

of 2 miles per hour. How long did it take Mr. Smith to get to the end of the trial?

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ollegr [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-21T17:55:24+03:00

ollegr [7]3 years ago

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To get to the end of the trail it would take 2 hours because the walking back hours would be double the walking out rate, but it would still have to equal 6 hours. So walking out would be 2 hours and walking back would be 4 hours which makes the trail 8 miles long.