SOLUTION: Sarah starts at a point 26 miles from school and runs toward school at 6 miles per hour. Ryan starts from school 1.3 hours later and runs towards Sarah at 8 miles per hour. Let x b

Question 999962: Sarah starts at a point 26 miles from school and runs toward school at 6 miles per hour. Ryan starts from school 1.3 hours later and runs towards Sarah at 8 miles per hour. Let x be the number of hours Sarah has been running
Write an expression in terms of x for the distance Sarah has run
Write an expression in terms of x for Sarah's distance from the school
Write an expression in terms of x for the time Ryan has been running
Write an expression in terms of x for Ryan's distance from the school
Write and solve an equation to find when Sarah and Ryan meet
How far are they from the school when they meet
Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Sarah starts at a point 26 miles from school and runs toward school at 6 miles per hour. Ryan starts from school 1.3 hours later and runs towards Sarah at 8 miles per hour. Let x be the number of hours Sarah has been running
Write an expression in terms of x for the distance Sarah has run
Write an expression in terms of x for Sarah's distance from the school
Write an expression in terms of x for the time Ryan has been running
Write an expression in terms of x for Ryan's distance from the school
Write and solve an equation to find when Sarah and Ryan meet
How far are they from the school when they meet
let x=number of hours Sarah has been running
x-1.3=number of hoursRyan has been running
Distance=speed*travel time
6x=Sarah's distance from the school
8(x-1/3)=Ryan's distance from the school
6+8=14 mph=speed at which Sarah and Ryan are approaching each other
26/14=1.857 hrs=Time Sarah and Ryan meet
26-6*1.857=4.857 miles= How far are they from the school when they meet

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