document.write( "Question 466675: two cyclists start at the same point and travel in opposite directions. one cyclist travels8km/h faster than the other. if the two cyclists are 270km apart after 5 hours what is the rate of each cyclist? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If they are traveling in opposite directions then their total speed is the sum of the two individual speeds. If they traveled a total of 270 klicks in 5 hours, then their total speed was 270 divided by 5 or 54 km/hr. Let represent the rate of the slower cyclist and then must be the faster one.\r
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