SOLUTION: Sally left point A at 6 am and reached point B at 10 am. Jane left one hour later and arrived at point B at the same time as sally. Jane traveled two miles an hour faster than sall

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Question 1069776: Sally left point A at 6 am and reached point B at 10 am. Jane left one hour later and arrived at point B at the same time as sally. Jane traveled two miles an hour faster than sally.
How far did sally and jane travel?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rate * Time = Distance,
For Sally,

For Jane,

and

So,

Substituting,



So,
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