Atourist starts to walk up a mountain path that is 31 miles long at the rate of 4 miles per hour. after walking for a while, he gets tired and decides to get a taxi. the taxi gets him to the top traveling at a constant speed of 50 mph. if the tourist reaches the destination 2 hours after he started, what distance does he have to pay the cab driver for?

He pays to the cab driver for 25 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider the provided information.

Let us consider he walks x miles at the rate of 4 miles per hour.

As we know

Therefore, time taken is:

He get a taxi for (31-x) miles at the rate of 50 miles per hour.

Therefore, time taken is:

It took 2 hours after he started.

That means the sum of time take is 2 hours.

Hence he walk 6 miles and he get a taxi for 31-6=25 miles.

He pays to the cab driver for 25 miles.

just sum

10 + 10 = 20