SOLUTION: Two hikers start walking in opposite directions from a camp at the same time. The average rate of the northwood hiker is 3 mi/hr faster than the rate of the southwood hiker. If the
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Question 991510: Two hikers start walking in opposite directions from a camp at the same time. The average rate of the northwood hiker is 3 mi/hr faster than the rate of the southwood hiker. If they are 22 miles apart after two hours, what is the rate of each hiker?
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If they are going in opposite directions, then their combined rate of separation is the sum of their speeds, 
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