SOLUTION: 58. Meeting cyclists. Tanya and Lebron start at the same time from opposite ends of a bicycle trail that is 81 miles long. Tanya averages 12 mph and Lebron averages 15 mph. How

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Question 363644: 58. Meeting cyclists. Tanya and Lebron start at the same time
from opposite ends of a bicycle trail that is 81 miles long.
Tanya averages 12 mph and Lebron averages 15 mph. How
long does it take for them to meet?

Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
d=rt
81=(12+15)t
81=27t
t=81/27
t=3 hpurs after they start they will meet.
Proof:
81=(12+15)*3
81=27*3
81=81

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