SOLUTION: at 12 pm jane leaves her house and drives north to the beach she arrives at 1:30pm also leaving at 12 pm her brother paul leaves her house and drives south to a state park he arriv

Question 1124259: at 12 pm jane leaves her house and drives north to the beach she arrives at 1:30pm also leaving at 12 pm her brother paul leaves her house and drives south to a state park he arrives at 2:30 pm the driving distance from the beach to the state park is 240 miles jane and paul drove at the same speed what was their speed
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = distance from house to beach
= distance from house to park
Let = their speeds
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Jane�s equation:

Paul�s equation:

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By substitution:

There speed was 60 mi/hr

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