Suzette ran and biked for a total of 34 miles in 3.5 hours. Her average running speed was 6 mph and her
average biking speed was 12.5 mph. Create a system of equations and use substitution to solve. (In your
answer, be sure to define your variables, show your steps, provide your answer in a complete sentence, and
check your solution.)
(a) How many hours did Suzette run?
(b) How many hours did she bike?

She ran for 1.5 hours and biked for 2 hours

Step by Step Solution:

Equation system:

6x + 12.5y = 34

x + y = 3.5

For the substitution part we can insert 'x' into the equation

To do this, we need to set the bottom equation to equal x

simply subtract y from both sides, once you do, it should look like this...

x = 3.5 - y

Now insert x into the top equation...

6(3.5 - y) + 12.5y = 34

Then distribute...

21 - 6y + 12.5y = 34

Simplify...

6.5y = 13

divide...

y = 2

Now you need to substitute y for the bottom equation...

x + 2 = 3.5

x = 1.5

So y = 2 and x = 1.5!

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The answer is "she ran for 1.5 hours and biked for 2 hours"

Step-by-step explanation:

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a

step-by-step explanation:

when a number is between two straight lines it means the absolute value.

to find absolute value you need to know how many numbers is that number away from 0.

when finding absolute value the number will always come out positive

so absolute value of -3 is 3

absolute value of 3/2 is 3/2

absolute value of -2 is 2

absolute value of 3.5 is 3.5

absolute value of -1 is 1

now put these numbers in order:

a)   |-1|, |3/2|, |-2|, |-3|, |3.5|