A bicyclist iz 2/3 way throo hiz ryde whin he gets a puncture in wun ov da bike's tires. He haz tah walk da rest ov da way, and da walkin takes twice az long az da ryde did. Ow many tiemz faster duz he ryde dan walk on this trip?
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4 comments:
Hmmm. He takes twice as long to walk half as far ... I used all that Distance = Rate x Time stuff and invented symbols like rr for rate riding and rw for rate walking and drew a line with a mark at the 2/3 point and then wrote down two equations and then did some of that Algebra stuff and came up with ...
But, if you think about it (in the "BuBe way") ... twice as long to walk half as far ... his rate of riding has gotz to be
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Cul prograym Tineecee. U, ov course, gotz id ryet!
I entered my answer in the cule html and was told I got it correct, BuBe way and all!
Good job BuBe. The BuBe way is a good way. Now we just need Mr. Max. Any word on when he will be back on line TcT?
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