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Bob travels from Inglewood to Anytown, a distance of 20kilometres, he walks 800 metres and bicylces the rest of the way. what percentage does he travel by bicylce?

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For this case we have the following conversion:


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Therefore, for 20 kilometers we have:


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Then, we have the following relationship:


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Where,

x: distance Bob travels by bicycle

Clearing x we have:


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Then, the percentage that Bob travels by bicycle is:


((19200)/(20000)) * (100) = 96%

Answer:

The percentage that Bob travels in bicycle is 96%.

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