SOLUTION: a bicyclist and a hiker leave the same place at the same time and travel in the same direction.the bicyclist travels 3 times as fast as the hiker.at the end of 3 hours they are 24

Question 153445: a bicyclist and a hiker leave the same place at the same time and travel in the same direction.the bicyclist travels 3 times as fast as the hiker.at the end of 3 hours they are 24 miles apart.how fast does the hiker travel?
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember:
of the bicyclist and hiker:

, 3 times faster
Equating the 2 speeds and adding the speed (separation) of 24 miles in 3 hours to the hiker since the bicyclist is faster than the hiker:

---->
---------------------> speed of the hiker
For bicyclist:
------------------> speed of the bicyclist
to check, lets calculate the distance in 3 hours:
hiker:
biker:
IT'S TRUE THAT AFTER 3 HOURS, THE DISTANCE SEPARATING THEM IS
Thank you,
Jojo
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