Question

After riding her bike for 20 miles. Angela got off and walked her bike the rest of the way at 5 miles per hour. If the total trip was 70 miles and took a total of 5 hours, how far did she ride and how far did she walk?

Answer 1

She rode her bike 20 miles... I believe this may be a trick question.

Explanation:

Let's break down this problem...

If she is going at a rate of 5 miles per hour while walking than the maximum she could have walked in 5 hours is 25 miles.

If Angela rode her bike for 20 miles, and the got off her bike and walked "the rest of the way" then she should have walked 50 miles. However as we already know her rate is 5 miles per hour while walking, and therefore could only have covered half that distance in 5 hours.

Is this a multiple choice question? Is there any misssing informaation?