SOLUTION: Two bicyclists are 200 miles apart when they start racing towards one another. If their speeds are 12 mph and 6 mph respectively, how much time will elapse before they are 20 miles
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Question 916639: Two bicyclists are 200 miles apart when they start racing towards one another. If their speeds are 12 mph and 6 mph respectively, how much time will elapse before they are 20 miles apart?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
D = rt
t how much time will elapse before they are 20 miles apart
(12mph)t + (6mph)t = 180mi
18t = 18
t = 10hrs, the time that will elapse before they are 20 miles apart
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