You just solve for y.
y=<span><span><span>13/11</span>x</span>+<span>12/<span>11</span></span></span>
Answer:
47
Step-by-step explanation:
Communative property since the numbers were just switched into different places of the equation.
We need to do a system of equations here.
x + y = 275 (if you travel <em>x</em> km by bike and <em>y </em>km by bus, then you travel 275 km as given in the problem)
y = x + 55 (the problem stated that they were bussed (y) the amount they biked plus 55 more km (x + 55))
The second equation is already solved for y. So, we can plug it in to the first equation.
x + (x + 55) = 275
2x + 55 = 275 [combine x terms]
2x = 220 [subtract 55 from both sides]
x = 110 [divide by 2 to isolate x and solve for it]
Now we know that x is 110, the distance they traveled by bike.
And that's what we needed to answer the problem!
Sounds as tho' something's missing here. What is "the average" You haven't given it.
If "the average" were 5, then 1 is 4 units below the average, 4 is 1 unit below the average, and 6 is 1 unit above the average.
Check the original problem. Isn't the average given there?
