SOLUTION: You are 36 miles from a friend. You both start riding your bicycles toward each other at the same time. You travel 15 miles per hour and your friend travels 3 miles per hour slow

Question 56036: You are 36 miles from a friend. You both start riding your bicycles toward each other at the same time. You travel 15 miles per hour and your friend travels 3 miles per hour slower. How far will you travel before you meet your friend?
Answer by Lacey020991(49) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your friend ------------------36------------------You
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in 1 hour you go 15 miles
your friend goes 13 miles
yall still have 9 miles to cover.
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I'm not sure how to explain this but basically i did trial and error.
time --- You ---------- your friend
30mins---7.5------------6-----------too much if you add them all together
15mins---3.75-----------3-----------too much
20mins----5-------------4-----------equals 9
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So you will ride 20 miles and your friend will ride 17 miles and it will take yall 1 hr and 20mins
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i hope this helped. im sorry if it's confusing.
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