document.write( "Question 262214: an ant can walk 1 cm/s faster than a beetle. from points that are 50cm apart the ant and the beettle start walking directly towards each other and meet in 10 secs. how fast does each of them walk. asume they both started walking at the same time \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #193159 by drk(1908) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is an RTD question. Here is a table based on the above information:
\n" ); document.write( "animal . . . . . . ..rate . . . . . . . . .time . . . . . .. . .distance
\n" ); document.write( "ant . .. . . . . . . . b+1. . . . . . . . .10. . . . . . . . . . . . . .10b + 10
\n" ); document.write( "beetle. . . . . . . .b. . . . . . . . . . . .10. . . . . . . . . . . . .10b
\n" ); document.write( "total. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 50
\n" ); document.write( "looking at the third column, we have
\n" ); document.write( " $\"10b+%2B+10+%2B+10b+=+50\"$
\n" ); document.write( "combine like terms to get
\n" ); document.write( " $\"20b+%2B+10+=+50\"$
\n" ); document.write( "subtract to get
\n" ); document.write( " $\"20b+=+40\"$
\n" ); document.write( "divide to get
\n" ); document.write( " $\"b+=+2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"b%2B1=+3\"$
\n" ); document.write( "ant walks 3 cm/s
\n" ); document.write( "beetle walks 2 cm/s \n" ); document.write( "

\n" );