SOLUTION: JOHNNY LEAVES MEMPHIS TO VIST HIS COUSIN, ANNE, WHO LIVES IN TOWN 80 MILES AWAY. HE TRAVELS AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 50MPH. ONE HALF HOUR LATER, ANNE LEAVES TO VISIT JOHNNY, TRAVELIN

SOLUTION: JOHNNY LEAVES MEMPHIS TO VIST HIS COUSIN, ANNE, WHO LIVES IN TOWN 80 MILES AWAY. HE TRAVELS AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 50MPH. ONE HALF HOUR LATER, ANNE LEAVES TO VISIT JOHNNY, TRAVELIN

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Question 53799: JOHNNY LEAVES MEMPHIS TO VIST HIS COUSIN, ANNE, WHO LIVES IN TOWN 80 MILES AWAY. HE TRAVELS AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 50MPH. ONE HALF HOUR LATER, ANNE LEAVES TO VISIT JOHNNY, TRAVELING AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 60MPH. HOW LONG AFTER ANNE LEAVES WILL IT BE BEFORE THEY MEET?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
80=50X+60(X-.5) OR 80=50X+60X-30 OR 110X=110 OR X=1 HOUR TILL THEY MEET
PROOF 80=50*1+60*.5 OR 80=50+30 OR 80=80
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