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21 January, 07:29

A man travelled 3/8 of his journey by a rail 1/4 by a taxi 1/8 by and the remaining 2km on foot what is the length of his total journey?

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  1. 21 January, 10:37
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    The man travelled in different ways: by rail, by taxi, by ___ and by foot. I placed a blank there because there seems to be a missing word in the given problem above. For sample purposes, let's just assume that is travel by bus.

    Since all of these travels are equal to 1 whole journey, you can express each travel as a fraction. When you add them up, the answer would be 1. So,

    3/8 + 1/4 + 1/8 + x = 1

    The variable x here denotes the fraction of his travel by foot. We are only given the exact distance travelled on foot which is 2 km. We have to find the fraction of the travel by foot to determine the length of the total distance travelled. Solving for x,

    x = 1 - 3/8 - 1/4 - 1/8

    x = 1/4

    That means that the travel by foot comprises 1/4 of the whole journey. Thus,

    Let total distance be D.

    1.4*D = 2 km

    D = 8 km

    Therefore, the man travelled a total of 8 kilometers.
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