Problema Solution

a jogger runs 4 miles per hour faster downhill than uphill if the jogger can run 5 miles downhill in the same time that it takes to run 3 miles uphill find the jogging rate in each direction

Answer provided by our tutors

Downhill rate: x+4

Uphill rate: x

The equation is

5/3 = x+4/x

So

x = 6

So

Downhill rate: 10 mph

Uphill rate: 6 mph