SOLUTION: two bikers start at opposite ends of a trail and bike toward each other. the trail is 210 miles long and they meet in 5 hours. if one biker is twice as fast as the other, find both

Question 912789: two bikers start at opposite ends of a trail and bike toward each other. the trail is 210 miles long and they meet in 5 hours. if one biker is twice as fast as the other, find both biking speeds
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think of this as one biker standing still and
the other traveling at the sum of their speeds
Let = the speed of the slower biker in mi/hr
= the speed of the faster biker in mi/hr
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and

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Their speeds are 14 mi/hr and 28 mi/hr
check:

and

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OK
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