Dibyanshu walks a certain distance and rides back in
hours ,he could ride both ways in
hours. How many hours would he take to walk both ways?
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Let w be the number of hours he walks a certain distance and r be the number of hours he rides the same distance. Then
w + r = 4 1 5 ( 1 )
r + r = 2 5 ⟹ 2 r = 2 5 ⟹ r = 4 5 ( 2 )
subsitute ( 2 ) in ( 1 ) , we have
w + 4 5 = 4 1 5
w = 4 1 5 − 4 5 = 4 1 0 = 2 5
Finally,
2 w = 2 ( 2 5 ) = 5