document.write( "Question 165367: saide and jose are in chicago o hare airport walking between terminals. sadie walks on the moving walkway( like a flat esculator moving along the floor). Her speed(relative to the ground) is 220 ft per minute. jose starts at the same time and walks alongside teh walkway at a speed of 100 ft per minute. how long have they been walking when sadie is 600 ft ahead of jose? \n" ); document.write( "

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Her speed(relative to the ground) is 220 ft per minute. jose starts at the same time and walks alongside the walkway at a speed of 100 ft per minute. how long have they been walking when sadie is 600 ft ahead of jose?
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\n" ); document.write( "Actually you can do this in your head using relative speed which is 120 ft/min
\n" ); document.write( "600/120 = 5 min
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\n" ); document.write( "Let t = time (in minutes) for them to be 600 ft apart
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\n" ); document.write( "220t - 100t = 600
\n" ); document.write( "120t = 600
\n" ); document.write( "t = $\"600%2F120\"$
\n" ); document.write( "t = 5 min
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