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11-24.

Ten minutes after he left his home, Gerald was miles from his grandmother’s house. Then, minutes after he left, he was miles from her house. If he was traveling toward his grandmother’s home at a constant rate and reached her house after minutes, how far away from her house does he live?  

Write two equations for the distance and solve like a system of equations.


 



Use the equal values method.