SOLUTION: ariel wolfman and bryce dettloff each average 30 km/h for the first hour of a 100 km race. at the end of the hour bryce has a mishap, and loses 12 minutes. ariel finishes the remai

Question 495045: ariel wolfman and bryce dettloff each average 30 km/h for the first hour of a 100 km race. at the end of the hour bryce has a mishap, and loses 12 minutes. ariel finishes the remainder of the race at an average rate of 25 km/h. if bryce averages 27.5 km/h after resuming, will he catch ariel before the finish line?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For 1 hour the distance is:
km
There is km left
Ariel gets ahead by
km
So Ariel only has to go km
to the finish
Assume is the distance that Ariel will go
when Bryce catches him
For Bryce:
(1)
For Ariel:
(2)
---------------
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
Bryce will catch Ariel before the finish line,
since Ariel has 65 km to go when Bryce resumes
after mishap
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