SOLUTION: Two cyclists start biking from a trail's start 3 hours apart. The second cyclist travels at 10 miles per hour and starts 3 hours after the first cyclist who is traveling a 6 miles
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Question 392369: Two cyclists start biking from a trail's start 3 hours apart. The second cyclist travels at 10 miles per hour and starts 3 hours after the first cyclist who is traveling a 6 miles per hour. How much time will pass before the second cyclist catches up with the first from the time the second cyclist started biking?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
18 mi lead
overtake at 4 mph
18/4=4.5 hrs
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