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3.6 Exercise 129

Avg difficulty 2.5

Solve.

At 6:30, Devon left her house and rode her bike on the flat road until 7:30. Then she started riding uphill and rode until 8:00. She rode a total of 15 miles. Her speed on the flat road was three miles per hour faster than her speed going uphill. Find Devon’s speed on the flat road and riding uphill.

OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, 3.6 Solve Applications with Linear Inequalities, exercise 129

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