Question

Pat and Rich drove to the beach

last weekend. It took them twice as
long to get back as it did to drive
there. If they spent 9 hours traveling
to and from the beach, how long
did it take them to drive each way?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let's call the time it took Pat and Rich to drive to the beach "x".

The time it took them to drive back was twice as long, so it took 2x hours.

The total time spent traveling was x + 2x = 3x hours.

Since they spent 9 hours traveling, 3x = 9 hours.

So, x = 9 hours / 3 = 3 hours.

This means it took Pat and Rich 3 hours to drive to the beach and 2 * 3 = 6 hours to drive back.