Problema Solution

Lois rode her bike to visit a friend. She traveled 10mi/h. While she was there, it began to rain. Her friend drover her home in a car traveling at 25mi/h. Lois took 1.5 h longer to go to her friends than to return home. How many hours did it take Lois to ride to her friends house

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let


t = the time of the car drive home


t + 1.5 = the time of the bicycle ride to the friends house


since speed = distance/time follows distance = time*speed


10(t + 1.5) = 25*t


by solving we find


t = 1 hr


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1 + 1.5 = 2.5 hr


It took her 2.5 hours to ride to her friends house.