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A bird leaves its nest and travels 20 miles per hour downwind for x x hours. On the return trip, the bird travels 4 miles per hour slower and has 6 miles left after x x hours. a. What is the distance of the entire trip? b. How long does the entire trip take?

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a. if the return trip is the same then the bird traveled 40miles

b. the time of the trip is x hours + 6/x-4

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