Nella travelled 1/3 of a journey by bus, 2/3 of the remainder by bicycle and the remaining 9km on foot. (a) how far did nella cycle (b) what was the total distance travel
Nella travelled 1/3 of a journey by bus, 2/3 of the remainder by bicycle and the remaining 9km on foot.
j = journey
c = cycle
b = bus
(a) how far did nella cycle
(1)c=(23⋅j)⋅2323⋅j=32⋅c(2)c+9 km=23⋅jc+9 km=32⋅c32⋅c−c=912⋅c=9c=18 km
Nella cycle 18 km
(b) what was the total distance travel
23⋅j=32⋅cj=32⋅32⋅cj=32⋅32⋅18 kmj=40.5 km
The total distance travel was 40.5 km
b=13⋅jb=13⋅40.5 kmb=13.5 km