SOLUTION: Joe and Bill live 20 mile apart. At 9am, Bill and joe each take off on their bicycles riding toward each othet. Bill at 8 miles an hour and Joe at 7 miles an hour. A fly leave Joe

Question 959145: Joe and Bill live 20 mile apart. At 9am, Bill and joe each take off on their bicycles riding toward each othet. Bill at 8 miles an hour and Joe at 7 miles an hour. A fly leave Joe handlebars at 10 miles per hour and return to Bill handlebars and keep going back and forth between bikes until Joe and Bill meet. How far did fly fly?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Bill and Joe are approaching each other at 7mph+8mph=15mph, sot totravel the 20 miles it takes them 20mi/15mph=1. 33 hours. At 10mph, the fly travels:(10mph)(1.33hrs)=13.3 miles.
ANSWER: The fly travels 13.3 miles.
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