I am stuck on this homework question and i have no idea on how to solve it, can someone please help me?
The distance traveled is equal to the speed traveled (rate) multiplied by the time spent traveling- D = rt
It takes you 45 minutes to get to school. You spend t minutes walking to the bus stop, and the rest of the time riding the bus. You walk 0.06 mi/min and the bus travels 0.5 mi/min.
1. Write an equation that represents the total distance you travel.
2. Simplify this equation
I would really appreaciate if someone could help me. 
+130511 OK
Let t be the time you walked ....so (45 - t) equals the time you rode.....and let D be the total distance traveled
So we have
[The time you walked] x [the rate you walked] + [the time you rode] x [the bus rate] = the total distance...in math terms, we have
[.06mi/min]*[t] + [.5mi/min]*[45 - t] = D and simplifying. we have
.06t + 22.5 - .5t = D simplify again
-.44t + 22.5 = D ( and if we knew the distance, we could solve for the time )
+130511 OK
Let t be the time you walked ....so (45 - t) equals the time you rode.....and let D be the total distance traveled
So we have
[The time you walked] x [the rate you walked] + [the time you rode] x [the bus rate] = the total distance...in math terms, we have
[.06mi/min]*[t] + [.5mi/min]*[45 - t] = D and simplifying. we have
.06t + 22.5 - .5t = D simplify again
-.44t + 22.5 = D ( and if we knew the distance, we could solve for the time )
