SOLUTION: Hi Two cyclists are in a race. Cyclist A completes the race in 5 hours. B covered only 60% of the race in that time. If A average speed was 5kmph faster than B What is the

Question 1170495: Hi
Two cyclists are in a race. Cyclist A completes the race in 5 hours. B covered only 60% of the race in that time. If A average speed was 5kmph faster than B
What is the length of the route
The average speed of B
Answer by htmentor(1343) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let B = the speed of B. Then the speed of A will be B + 5.
If d is the distance of the race, then B + 5 = d/5 and B = 0.6d/5,
since A covers the distance d in 5 h, and B only covers 60%
of the distance.
Solve for d:
B = d/5 - 5 = 0.6d/5 -> 0.4d = 25 -> d = 62.5 km
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