SOLUTION: maria left the mall and drove north. jimmy left one hour later driving at 24 km/h in an effort to catch up to maria. after driving for 5 hours jimmy finally caught up. find maria's

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Question 1122397: maria left the mall and drove north. jimmy left one hour later driving at 24 km/h in an effort to catch up to maria. after driving for 5 hours jimmy finally caught up. find maria's average speed
Found 4 solutions by solver91311, josmiceli, josgarithmetic, greenestamps:
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Jimmy traveled 5 hours at 24 km/hr to go the same distance that Maria traveled for 6 hours at km/hr. So



Solve for


John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Jimmy left 1 hr after Maria & traveled for 5 hrs,so
Maria traveled for 6 hrs
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Let = Maria’s average speed
Let = distance from start where they meet
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Jimmy’s equation:

km
Maria’s equation:


km/hr
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
               SPEED     TIME         DISTANCE

jimmy            24        5             d
 
maria            r                       d

difference                1


Maria's speed r is to be found. Maria's time is to be found.
The distance they each traveled, kilometers. 


               SPEED     TIME         DISTANCE

jimmy            24        5            120
 
maria            r        6             120

difference                1

Since the time difference had to be 1 hour as given, Maria going slower, had to travel for MORE time; 6 hours.

Her average speed:


----------kilometers per hour, Maria
Answer by greenestamps(13198)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


I took Maria 6 hours to travel the same distance Jimmy traveled in 5 hours.

That means Maria's speed was 5/6 of Jimmy's speed.

(5/6)*24 = 20

Maria's speed was 20 km/h.
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