document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=252492>Question 252492</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two cyclist start biking from a trail's start 3 hours apart, The second cyclist travels @ 10mph and starts 3 hourss after the first cyclist who is traveling @ 6mph. How much time will pass before the second cyclist catches up with the first from the time the second cyclist srtarted biking? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " The second cyclist travels @ 10mph and starts 3 hours after the first cyclist who is traveling @ 6mph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How much time will pass before the second cyclist catches up with the first from the time the second cyclist started biking?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let t = travel time of the 2nd cyclist<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(t+3) = travel time of the 1st cyclist<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When the 2nd catches the 1st, they will have traveled the same distance<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a distance equation: dist = speed * time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2nd cyclist dist = 1st cyclist dist<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10t = 6(t+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10t = 6t + 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10t - 6t = 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4t = 18<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t = 4.5 hrs for the 2nd cyclist to catch the 1st<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solution (1st cyclist travel time = 7.5 hr)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 * 4.5 = 45 mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 * 7.5 = 45 mi </SPAN>\n" );
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