SOLUTION: I need help solving this problem. Bianca and Courtney are 234 miles apart, traveling towards each other. If Courtney travel 17 mph and Bianca travels 9 mph how long until they

Question 1017271: I need help solving this problem.
Bianca and Courtney are 234 miles apart, traveling towards each other. If Courtney travel 17 mph and Bianca travels 9 mph how long until they meet?
I need to show the work and this one has me stuck
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Bianca and Courtney are 234 miles apart, traveling towards each other.
If Courtney travel 17 mph and Bianca travels 9 mph how long until they meet?
:
Write a distance equation; dist = speed * time
t = travel time for them to meet
When they meet the sum of their travel distances will add up to 324 mi
17t + 9t = 234
26t = 234
t = 234/26
t = 9 hrs for them to meet
:
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Confirm this find how far each traveled
17 * 9 = 153 mi
9 * 9 = 81 mi
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total dist: 234 mi
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