Question

Find how many kilometers they traveled by
bike.
Enter the correct answer.
George and Carmen went on a bicycle
trip. They took a bus to their starting
point, and then biked the rest. They
traveled 325 kilometers in total, and
they biked 75 kilometers more than they
were bussed.
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Let x = kilometers traveled by bike and
y = kilometers traveled by bus. Find how many kilometers they traveled by bike

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Biking is x and bussing is y. We know that the total distance is 325. Thus, the first equation in this system is

x + y = 325 (which says that the km traveled by bike plus the km traveled by bus totaled 325 km).

We also know that the pair biked 75 km more than they rode, giving us the second equation in our system:

x = y + 75. Now we use simple substitution and plug y + 75 in for x in the first equation:

(y + 75) + y = 325 and

2y + 75 = 325 and

2y = 250 so

y = 125 km. They rode the bus for 125 km and biked for 325 - 125 which is 200. And the difference is 75 km, as it should be!