A moving sidewalk at an airport moves at a rate of 1.6 ft/sec. Walking on the moving sidewalk, a person travels 106 ft forward in the time it takes to travel 53 ft in the opposite direction. How fast would a person be walking on a nonmoving sidewalk? ALEXA The person on the nonmoving sidewalk walks at the rate ft/sec.

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A moving sidewalk at an airport moves at a rate of 1.6 ft/sec. Walking on the moving sidewalk, a person travels 106 ft
forward in the time it takes to travel 53 ft in the opposite direction. How fast would a person be walking on a nonmoving
sidewalk?
ALEXA
The person on the nonmoving sidewalk walks at the rate
ft/sec.
Transcribed Image Text:A moving sidewalk at an airport moves at a rate of 1.6 ft/sec. Walking on the moving sidewalk, a person travels 106 ft forward in the time it takes to travel 53 ft in the opposite direction. How fast would a person be walking on a nonmoving sidewalk? ALEXA The person on the nonmoving sidewalk walks at the rate ft/sec.
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