Talia took the bus from her home to the bank and then walked back to her home along the same route. The bus traveled at an average speed of 40 km/h and she walked at an average speed of 5 km/h. To determine the time, x, that it took Talia to walk home, she used the equation
40(0.9 – x) = 5x.

Question

Talia took the bus from her home to the bank and then walked back to her home along the same route. The bus traveled at an average speed of 40 km/h and she walked at an average speed of 5 km/h. To determine the time, x, that it took Talia to walk home, she used the equation 
40(0.9 – x) = 5x.

summerhitcher · Answer

wht is the time of trip 2

Vocaloid · Answer

you are given: x = the time to walk home, or "trip 2"

so you just have to solve 40(0.9 – x) = 5x. for x

start by distributing the 40 to both terms in the brackets, then combine like terms