Please help me with this........ I have come across this question but cannot seem to understand what they are asking really?
Please help me understand this question.
The problem is:
Aaron will jog from home at x miles per hour and then walk back home by the same route at y miles per hour. How many miles from home can Aaron jog so that he spends a total of t hours jogging and walking?
Any help would be appreciated.
simplifying algebraic expressions: Aaron jogs home at x mph
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bchristian wrote:Aaron will jog from home at x miles per hour and then walk back home by the same route at y miles per hour. How many miles from home can Aaron jog so that he spends a total of t hours jogging and walking?
Are you familiar with the "distance equals rate times time" equation? If not, you may want to start here first.
