a student traveled 30 percent of the distance of the trip alone , continued another 40 miles with a friend , and then finished the last half of the trip alone . how many miles long was the trip ?
"let x be the total length of the trip . 0.3 x + 40 miles + 0.5 x = x 40 miles = 0.2 x x = 200 miles the answer is e ."
divide(40, subtract(subtract(const_1, inverse(30)), divide(const_1, const_2)))