SOLUTION: Mida can bike 6 kph faster than Dory. At noon, each girl leaves their house, traveling towards the other. If the distance between their houses is 20 km and they meet in one-half ho
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Question 956012: Mida can bike 6 kph faster than Dory. At noon, each girl leaves their house, traveling towards the other. If the distance between their houses is 20 km and they meet in one-half hour, what is each girl’s rate?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can think of this as one girl standing still
and the other one traveling at the sum
of their speeds
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Let = Dory's speed in km/hr
Dory's speed is 17 km/hr
Mida's speed is 23 km/hr
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check:
km
and
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km
OK
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