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After two thirds of route cyclist got a puncture. Finishing on foot, he spends twice as long walking as he did riding...

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After a cyclist has gone two thirds of his route he gets a puncture. Finishing on foot, he spends twice as long walking as he did riding. How many times as fast does he ride as walk?

posted Nov 13, 2017 by anonymous

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Vcycle = 2/3 D/ T and Vwalk = 1/3 D/ 2T
thus Vcycle/Vwalk = 2/3 D/T / 1/3 D/2T = 8/3

answer Nov 15, 2017 by anonymous



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