document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=180134>Question 180134</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi I have a problem that is tricky, a bicyclist and a hiker leave the same place at the sametime and travel in the same direction. The bicyclist travels three times as fast as the hiker. At the end of 3 hrs they are 24 miles apart. How fast does the hiker travel.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried looking at all angles but could not get a suitable ,if you could provide a suitable formula using x + y. Thanks This is a uniform motion problem from a study unit book for an on line course from penn foster its algebra part 3.  2469C-1 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #134989 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=134989\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a bicyclist and a hiker leave the same place at the sametime and travel in the same direction. The bicyclist travels three times as fast as the hiker. At the end of 3 hrs they are 24 miles apart. How fast does the hiker travel. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hiker DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = x mph ; time = 3 hrs. ; distance = rt = 3x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bicyclist DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 3x mph ; time = 3 hrs. ; distance = rt = 9x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since they are going in the same direction:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-x = 24 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 12 mph (hiker's rate; extraordinary)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 36 mph (bicyclist's rate; also extraordinary)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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