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A woman can bicycle 44 miles in the same time as it takes her to walk 8 miles. She can ride 9 mph faster than she can walk. How fast can she walk?

She can walk _____________ mph

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Answer: 4 mph

Explanation:

If woman can walk xmph, then she can ride {x + 10} mph (because she can ride 10 mph faster than she can walk)

Woman ride 28 miles by 28 hours, and can walk 8 miles by 8 hours.

x+10 x

28 =8
28x=8%28x%2B10%2928x=8x%2B8020x=80x=80%2F20x=4

x+10 x

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