SOLUTION: top running speed of a cheetah is double the top running speed of a jackal. The top running speed of an elk is 10 mph faster than that of a jackal. If each of these three animals c
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Question 928699: top running speed of a cheetah is double the top running speed of a jackal. The top running speed of an elk is 10 mph faster than that of a jackal. If each of these three animals could run at top speed for an hour, they could run a combined distance of 150 miles. What is top running speed of each of these animals?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
RT=D using rate miles per hour.
r for the jackel's speed;
The elk's speed is r+10;
The cheetah's speed is 2r.
Everybody is moving for 1 hour. Sum of their distances , 150 miles.
the JACKEL.
That value means, the cheetah goes 70 mph and elk goes 45 mph.
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