SOLUTION: Your friend's family moved to a town 300 miles from where you live. You and your friend decide to meet halfway between the two towns to visit. Your friend averages 50 miles for hou

Question 491604: Your friend's family moved to a town 300 miles from where you live. You and your friend decide to meet halfway between the two towns to visit. Your friend averages 50 miles for hour on his trip. You average 60 miles per hour on your trip. If you and your friend leave at the same place, how much earlier do your arrive at the same place?
I don't understand how to come up with an equation for this problem.
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Your friend's family moved to a town 300 miles from where you live. You and your friend decide to meet halfway between the two towns to visit. Your friend averages 50 miles for hour on his trip. You average 60 miles per hour on your trip. If you and your friend leave at the same place, how much earlier do your arrive at the same place?
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Half way will be 150 mi; find the time required by each to travel 150 at the given speeds
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let w = time the faster one will wait for the slower (in hrs)
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Write a time equation
t = -
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