SOLUTION: "Ben leaves his house and walks to meet Anna. Anna leaves her house 30 minutes later and walks to meet Ben. Anna's average walking speed is 3mph and Ben's is 4 mph. When they me
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Question 261782: "Ben leaves his house and walks to meet Anna. Anna leaves her house 30 minutes later and walks to meet Ben. Anna's average walking speed is 3mph and Ben's is 4 mph. When they meet, Ben has walked twice as far as Anna. Find the total distance they walked."
I know the distance is 9 miles -- I need an explanation on how they got this answer. Thank you.
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"Ben leaves his house and walks to meet Anna. Anna leaves her house 30 minutes later and walks to meet Ben. Anna's average walking speed is 3mph and Ben's is 4 mph. When they meet, Ben has walked twice as far as Anna. Find the total distance they walked."
I know the distance is 9 miles -- I need an explanation on how they got this answer. Thank you.
D distance = R rate * T time
D ben 30min = 4mph * 0.50 hours (30 minutes = 0.5 hrs)
D ben 30min = 2 miles
B Ben distance, A Anna distance
A = 3mph * t (t time in hours)
B = 4mph * t
(4 * t) + 2 = 2 * (3 * t)
4t + 2 = 6t
2 = 2t
1 hour = t
D ben 1 hour = 4mph * 1 hour = 4 miles
Ben walked 6 miles.
And since Ben walked twice as far as Anna, Anna walked 3 miles.
Which is a total of 9 miles.
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