Question

Last month maria high the 5 mile Mountain Trail a number of times and she hiked the 10 mile canal trail several times. Let X represent the number of times she hiked the 5 mile trail, and Y represent the number of times she hi the 10 mile trail. If she had a total of 90 miles, which equation can be used to find the number of times maria hiked each trail?

Answer 1

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Maria hiked the 5 mile Mountain Trail a number of times and she hiked the 10 mile canal trail several times.

x times she hiked 5 mile mountain.

So, number of mils she hiked for 5 miles will be = 5 x

Similarly,

y times she hiked 10 mile canal,

So, number of miles she hiked for canal = 10 y

So, total number of miles she hiked =
`5 x +10 y`

But as per question given, she had a total of 90 miles

It means

`5x + 10 y = 90`

Dividing this equation with 5

`x + 2 y = 18`

So, the equation is
`x + 2 y = 18` : Answer

Hope it will help :)