SOLUTION: Two friends, 7 miles apart, start walking toward each other, and they meet in an hour. If one boy walks 1 mile farther in an hour than the other boy, how fast does each walk?

Question 1028965: Two friends, 7 miles apart, start walking toward each other, and they meet in an hour. If one boy walks 1 mile farther in an hour than the other boy, how fast does each walk?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the speed of the slower boy
= the speed of the faster boy
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You can think of this as one of them standing still
and the other moving at the sum of their speeds
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and

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The speed of the slower boy is 3 mi/hr
The speed of the faster boy is 4 mi/hr
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check:
Equation for slower boy:

and

mi
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