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A woman went on a journey by walking,by bus and by matatu. She went by bus for $\frac{4}{5}$ of the distance, then by matatu $\frac{2}{3}$ of the rest of the distance, then walked the remaining distance

      

A woman went on a journey by walking,by bus and by matatu. She went by bus for $\frac{4}{5}$ of the distance, then by matatu $\frac{2}{3}$ of the rest of the distance, then walked the remaining distance. The distance travelled by the bus was 55 km more than the distance walked. Find the total distance

  

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John
Let the distance be x km

therefore by bus = $\frac{4}{5}x$ km

By matatus = $\frac{2}{3}$ x $\frac{1}{5}x$ = $\frac{2}{15}x$

Walked = x - ($\frac{4}{5}x$ + $\frac{2}{15}x$)

= x - $\frac{14}{15}x$ = $\frac{1}{15}x$

$\frac{4}{5}x$ - $\frac{1}{15}x$ = 55

$\frac{12x - x}{15}$ = 55; $\frac{11}{15}x$ = 55

therefore x = $\frac{55\times 15}{11}$ = 75 km
johnmulu answered the question on March 2, 2017 at 13:41


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