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A man traveled a certain number of miles by automobile and then nine times as far by airplane. His total trip was 600 miles in length. How far did he travel by plane?

x represents miles by: automobile or airplane

9x represents miles by: automobile or airplane

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Answer:

The person traveled 540 miles by plane and 60 miles by automobile.

Step-by-step explanation:

The options are not given to choose from, but this question can be solved as it will only have one answer.

Let the miles traveled by automobile be = x

Then, miles traveled by airplane will be = 9x

Now, the total trip length was = 600 miles