SOLUTION: Ernesto leaves Miami and travels toward Orlando at 60 mi/hr. An hour later Dick leaves Orlando and travels toward Miami at 50 mi/hr. If the two cities are 280 miles apart, how man

Question 127779: Ernesto leaves Miami and travels toward Orlando at 60 mi/hr. An hour later Dick leaves Orlando and travels toward Miami at 50 mi/hr. If the two cities are 280 miles apart, how many hours will it take for Ernesto to meet Dick?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The way I do this is to put a stopwatch on them
both at the moment Dick takes off and Ernesto
is already flying.
When Dick takes off, Ernesto has already gone
(distance = rate x time) miles
Now start the stopwatch and let =
the time elapsed until they meet. Note that
they are now miles apart

hrs
Ernesto has been in the air for 1 hour, so
and
It takes him 3 hours to meet Dick
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