SOLUTION: wo people, 240 meters apart, start walking toward each other at rates of 1 m/sec. and 3 m/sec. Use the distance formula, d = rt, to find how long it will take before they meet.

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Question 636626: wo people, 240 meters apart, start walking toward each other at rates of 1 m/sec. and 3 m/sec. Use the distance formula, d = rt, to find how long it will take before they meet.
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wo people, 240 meters apart, start walking toward each other at rates of 1 m/sec. and 3 m/sec. Use the distance formula, d = rt, to find how long it will take before they meet.
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The speeds are added.
Use the distance formula, d = rt, to find how long it will take before they meet.