Question

tom rides the bus part of the way to school and then he walks the rest pf the way. he walks five minutes longer than he rides. the whole trip takes 27 minutes. for how many minutes does he walk

Answer 1

Tom walked 16 minutes.

Explanation:

If the walk is five minutes longer than the bus ride, we just need to subtract the five minutes, and divide the rest by two. (b) will be the time of the bus ride.

`27=2b+5\\27-5=2b\\22=2b\\22/2=b\\11=b`

The bus ride would be 11 minutes long, we just add five minutes to that for the time of the walk. (w) will be how long the walk took.

`11+5=w\\16=w`

Answer 2

16 minutes

Explanation:

Tom walks for 5 minutes longer than he rides. To figure out the answer, start by subtracting 5:

27 - 5 = 22

Now that you have done this, divide 22 by 2:

22/2 = 11

Now you know that he rode the bus for 11 minutes, and you can add five to the other 11 minutes to know how long he walked:

11 + 5 = 16.