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The equation 9(u – 2) + 1.5u = 8.25 models the total miles Michael traveled one afternoon while sledding, where u equals the number of hours walking up a hill and (u – 2) equals the number of hours sledding down the hill. Which is the value of u?

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u = .40; distribute the 9 and get the u by itself
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U=2.5 is what i got, not sure though.
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