SOLUTION: Sam and Alisha are each driving to a concert in a nearby city, 126 km away. Sam has a motorcycle and drives 12 km/h faster than Alisha in her car. It takes Sam 1.2 hours to get to

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Question 1180356: Sam and Alisha are each driving to a concert in a nearby city, 126 km away. Sam has a motorcycle and drives 12 km/h faster than Alisha in her car.
It takes Sam 1.2 hours to get to the concert. What speed are Sam and Alisha each traveling to the concert?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39625)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
                      SPEED                      TIME         DISTANCE
Sam Motocycle         126/1.2=105                1.2          126
Alisha Car            105-12=93

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