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Ricardo trained for 5 hours yesterday. He ran 8 miles and then biked 36 miles. His biking speed is 8 mph faster than his running speed. What is his running speed? __________mph

Elementary Algebra

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Author:Lynn Marecek, MaryAnne Anthony-Smith

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