Respuesta :

Answer:

The length of the road is 80 km

Step-by-step explanation:

The question in English is

After traveling 2/5 of the way, a bicyclist had 48 km left to travel. Find out the length of the road

Let

x -----> the length of the road

we know that

The linear equation that represent this problem is equal to

[tex]x-\frac{2}{5}x=48[/tex]

solve for x

[tex]\frac{3}{5}x=48[/tex]

[tex]x=48*5/3[/tex]

[tex]x=80\ km[/tex]