SOLUTION: At 9:00 am, your friends begin hiking at 2 miles per hour. You begin from the same place at 9:25 am. You hike at 3 miles per hour. How long will you have hiked when you catch up wi

Question 363205: At 9:00 am, your friends begin hiking at 2 miles per hour. You begin from the same place at 9:25 am. You hike at 3 miles per hour. How long will you have hiked when you catch up with your friends?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
D=RT
D=2T FOR THE FIRST HIKER.
D=3(T-25/60) FOR THE SECOND HIKER.
2T=3(T-.41667)
2T=(3T-1.25)
2T-3T=-1.25
-T=-1.25
T=1.25 HOURS OR 1:15 MINUTES AFTER THE SECOND HIKER LEAVES HE WILL MEET THE FIRST HIKER.
9:25+1:15=10:40 IS WHEN THEY WILL MEET.
2*1.25=3(1.25-.41667)
2.5=3(.8333)
2.5=2.5
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