SOLUTION: A women driving a BMW at a constant speed jumps on the freeway at noon. A half hour later a man driving a tesla follows the same path at a steady speed, 10 mph faster than her. He

Question 842331: A women driving a BMW at a constant speed jumps on the freeway at noon. A half hour later a man driving a tesla follows the same path at a steady speed, 10 mph faster than her. He catches up to her at 4:30 p.m. What are the speed of the cars?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"... jumps on the freeway at noon."

__________________speed________time________distance
BMW________________r___________t+1/2
Tesla_____________r+10__________t

You know from time point information, ;
. The data table can be this:

__________________speed________time________distance
BMW________________r___________4.5__________r(4.5)
Tesla_____________r+10__________4__________(r+10)*4

The question means, what is r if the two distances are equal?

BMW Speed:
Tesla Speed:
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