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mrs martin and his son luke decide to walk a 12 kilomiter trail mrs martin takes a 1-hour trail head start and walks a pace of 3 km/hr explain how fast luke should walk to reach the end of the trail in 3 hours the same end of the trail in 3 hours the same time as mr martin

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Answer:

It will take Mr. Martin 4 hours to walk the trail, and Luke should walk faster than Mr. Martin. Using the equation 12 = (3)(x), Luke should walk 4 km/hr to finish the trail in 3 hours.

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Answer:

a × 12 = 3

4 times 3= 12

so a = 4

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