SOLUTION: The distance between David's home and Alex's home is 19km. Both David and Alex head towards each others home at 9:00 am. David is walking at the speed of 5kmph where Alex's speed i

Question 662409: The distance between David's home and Alex's home is 19km. Both David and Alex head towards each others home at 9:00 am. David is walking at the speed of 5kmph where Alex's speed is 8kmph. At what distance from their house they will meet each other?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can think of one of them ( either one )
as standing still and the other approaching
at the sum of their speeds.
Let = elapsed time in hrs until they meet

hrs
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David's equation:

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Alex's equation:

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David is 95/13 km from his home
Alex is 152/13 km from his home
check:

OK

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