george and carmen went on a bicycle trip. they took a bus to their starting point and then biked the rest. they traveled 350 kilometers in total and they biked 80 kilometers more than they bussed let x= kilometer traveled by biked and y= kilometer traveled by bus Find how many kilometer the traveled by bike?

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anonymous · Answer

let  y= kilometers traveled by bus
then x= kilometer traveled by bike=80+y
x=80+y
since x+y=350
solving these two equations....
 x+y=80+y+y=350
80+2y=350
2y=270
y=135
so x=80+y=80+135=215

anonymous · Answer

thanks