SOLUTION: A father walks 36 miles in 12 hours while his son covers the same distance on a bicycle at twice the fathers rate of speed. At this rate how many miles would the bicycle rider trav
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Question 392940: A father walks 36 miles in 12 hours while his son covers the same distance on a bicycle at twice the fathers rate of speed. At this rate how many miles would the bicycle rider travel in 9 hours? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A father walks 36 miles in 12 hours while his son covers the same distance on a bicycle at twice the fathers rate of speed. At this rate how many miles would the bicycle rider travel in 9 hours?
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Father DATA:
distance = 36 miles ; time = 12 hr ; rate = d/t = 3 mph
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Son DATA:
distance = 36 miles ; rate = 6 mph
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distance = rate*time
d = 6 mph * 9 hrs.
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d = 54 miles
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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