A group of hikers is planning a trip that will take them up a mountain using one route and back down using another route. They plan to travel down the mountain at a rate of one and a half times the rate they will use on the way up, but the time each route will take is the same. If they will go up the mountain at a rate of 8 miles per day and it will take them two days, how many miles long is the route down the mountain?
Select:
A) 18	B) 20	C) 22	D) 24	E) 25
On the way down, the rate is  1.5*8= 
<gadget id="calculator"> 1.5*8</gadget>
<output>12</output>
12 miles per day.   The distance of the route down the mountain is   2*12= 
<gadget id="calculator">  2*12</gadget>
<output>24</output>
24 miles.   The answer is 24.
<result>D</result>
A group of hikers is planning a trip that will take them up a mountain using one route and back down using another route. They plan to travel down the mountain at a rate of one and a half times the rate they will use on the way up, but the time each route will take is the same. If they will go up the mountain at a rate of 8 miles per day and it will take them two days, how many miles long is the route down the mountain?