Question

Napoleon's route through the alps involved a climb of 6km and a descent of 4km. His army travelled twice as fast downhill as it did uphill, the whole journey took 8 hours. How long did it take to reach the top?

Answer 1

6 hours.

Explanation:

since that is true we can use trial and error. if every km took an hour it would take six hours up and 4 hours down but they said they were twice as fast going down so that means it would take 2 hours going down. 6 add 2 is 8 which is our total meaning that 6 hours is the right answer