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As part of an exercise regimen, you walk 8 miles on an indoor track. Then you jog at twice your walking speed for another 8 miles. If the total spent walking and jogging is 3 hours, find the walking and jogging rates

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Answer:

Rate of Walking = 4 miles/hour

Rate of jogging = 8 miles/hour

Step-by-step explanation:

Let speed of walk be =[tex]x[/tex] miles/hour

Distance covered by walking = 8 miles

Time taken to walk 8 miles = [tex]\frac{Distance}{speed}=\frac{8}{x}[/tex]

Speed of jog is twice walking speed and that = [tex]2x[/tex] miles/hour

Distance covered by Jogging = 8 miles

Time taken to jog 8 miles=  [tex]\frac{Distance}{speed}=\frac{8}{2x}=\frac{4}{x}[/tex]

Total time taken to walk and jog= [tex]\frac{8}{x}+\frac{4}{x}[/tex]

Total time actually taken =3 hours

so,

[tex]\frac{8}{x}+\frac{4}{x}=3[/tex]

Taking LCD and adding fractions.

[tex]\frac{12}{x}=3[/tex]

Multiplying both sides by [tex]x[/tex].

[tex]x\times\frac{12}{x}=3\times x\\\\12=3x[/tex]

Dividing both sides by 3.

[tex]\frac{12}{3}=\frac{3x}{3}\\\\4=x[/tex]

Rate of Walking = [tex]x[/tex] = 4 miles/hour

Rate of jogging = [tex]2x[/tex] = [tex]2\times 4 [/tex]= 8 miles/hour

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