SOLUTION: May rides her bike the same distance that Leah walks. May rides her bike 10 km/h faster than Leah walks. If it takes May 1 h and Leah 3 h to travel that distance, how fast does eac

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Question 212218: May rides her bike the same distance that Leah walks. May rides her bike 10 km/h faster than Leah walks. If it takes May 1 h and Leah 3 h to travel that distance, how fast does each travel?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Write an equation for each person

and

given:
km (call them both
km/hr
hr
hr
---------------------
Now rewrite the equations

and

Set the 2 d's equal to eachother


km/hr
and
km/hr

km/hr
Leah travels 5 km/hr and May travels 15 km/hr
check:


km
and


km
OK

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