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A traveler is walking on a moving walkway in an airport. The traveler must walk back on the walkway to get a bag he forgot. The traveler's ground speed is 1 fts against the walkway and 5 ft/s with the walkway. What is the traveler's speed off the walkway? What is the speed of the moving walkway? The traveler's speed off the walkway is ft/s.​

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+t+ = traveler's speed in ft/sec

+w+ = walkway's speed in ft/sec

given:

+t+-+w+=+2+

+t+%2B+w+=+6+

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Add the equations

+2t+=+8+

+t+=+4+

and

+t+%2B+w+=+6+

+4+%2B+w+=+6+

+w+=+2+

The traveler's speed off the walkway is 4 ft/sec

The speed of the moving walkway is 2 ft/sec

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