A Long Walk
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Marco walks a certain distance at a certain speed (measured in miles per hour), and then returns over the same distance at a speed one mph less than his original walking speed. He took a total of 35 hours. If, instead of slowing down for his return journey, he had sped up by one mph, his journey would have taken 27 hours. How far did he walk?
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