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Question

After you Get on the bus there are 6 additional stops before you reach school. The travel time between stops various. The Times (in minutes) between stops are 2.3, 1.4, 2.8, 1.7, 1.9, 2.1, and 3.4 respectively.

A. Each stop is 0.8 minutes long. How long does it take to reach school from where you get on the bus?

B. The total time you're on the bus is 22.2 minutes. How long is each stop, if all the stops take an equal amount of time?

Answer 1

Hey Kit,

For Part A, you multiply the time at each stop by the number of stops (.8x6) and then add the times in between each stop to get a total travel time of 17 min.

For Part B, you're using the same equation but solving for the time at each stop instead of the total time:

22.2 = 6x + 12.2

When you solve for x, you get that each stop is 1.67 min long. See my attached video for the full explanation.

-Kelsey W.