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

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Question 251749: May rides her bike the same distance that Leah walks. May rides here bike 10km/h faster than Leah walks. If it takes May 1 h and Leah 3 hrs how fast does each travel
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the distance traveled by each = mi
Let Leah's walking rate = mi/hr
given:
for May:
hr


for Leah:
hrs


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They travel the same distance, so the 's are equal


mi/hr
and

May's speed is 15 mi/hr and Leah's speed is 5 mi/hr


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