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 slower
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Question 804081: 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 richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r*t=d
t=d/r
x+y=36,
x/15=y/12
x = 20, y = 16
I will travel 20 miles and my friend will travel 16 miles
check
20/15=16/12
4/3=4/3
1 1/3 hours =t
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