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A motorcycle breaks down and the rider has to walk the rest of the way to work. The motorcycle was being driven at 45 mph and the rider walks at a speed of 6 mph. The distance from home to work is 25 miles and the total time for the trip was 2 hours. How far did the motorcycle go before it broke down?

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Let the distance covered by the motorcycle before it broke down be d miph.

Time for which the motorcycle was driven = ...

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