 A person walks to the top of a mountain at the rate of 2\ miles an hour, and down the same way at the rate of 3-|- miles an hour, and is out 5 hours. How far is it to the top of the mountain ? 42.  A School Algebra - Page 180by George Albert Wentworth - 1894 - 362 pagesFull view - About this book
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