Question

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Al bikes a trail to the top of a hill and back down. He bikes up the hill in m minutes, then returns twice as quickly downhill on the same trail. What is the total time, in HOURS, that Al spends biking up and down the hill?

Answer 1

m/40

Answer 2

Why?

Answer 3

Then I will medal @tuxadog12

Answer 4

Can someone explain?

Answer 5

@joyraheb

Answer 6

`He bikes up the hill in m minutes, then returns twice as quickly downhill on the same trail`

how long (in terms of m) does he spend going downhill?

Answer 7

M/2

Answer 8

add `m` to `m/2` to get what?

Answer 9

2m/3

Answer 10

no

Answer 11

it might help to think of `m` as `2m/2`

Answer 12

You can't add a constant with a "like term." So it's 2m/2

Answer 13

2m/2 + m/2 = ???

Answer 14

3m/2

Answer 15

so that's the total time in minutes

how do we convert to hours?

Answer 16

We multiply by 60

Answer 17

we multiply by the conversion factor `(1 hour/60 minutes)