On a hike up hill, ted climbs at 3 miles an hour. going back down, he runs at 5 miles an hour. if it takes him forty minutes longer to climb up than run down, then what is the length of the hike?

The length of hike is 5 miles.

Explanation

Suppose, the length of the hike is   miles.

On a hike up hill, Ted climbs at 3 miles an hour and going back down, he runs at 5 miles an hour.

We know that,  

So, the time taken by him to climb up hours and the time taken by him to run down hours.

Given that, it takes him 40 minutes longer to climb up than run down. Now, 40 minutes hours.

So the equation will be......

So, the length of hike is 5 miles.

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