document.write( "Question 522449: Your friend is traveling 3mph faster than you. Together you travel 11 miles in 1 hour. How many miles did each of you travel in that hour? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #346899 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) You can put this solution on YOUR website! Your friend is traveling 3mph faster than you. \n" ); document.write( " Together you travel 11 miles in 1 hour. \n" ); document.write( " How many miles did each of you travel in that hour? \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Let s = your speed \n" ); document.write( "then \n" ); document.write( "(s+3) = friend's speed \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Write a distance equation, dist = speed * time \n" ); document.write( "1s + 1(s+3) = 11 \n" ); document.write( "1s + 1s + 3 = 11 \n" ); document.write( "2s = 11 - 3 \n" ); document.write( "2s = 8 \n" ); document.write( "s = 4 mph, friend: 7 mph \n" ); document.write( "Dist the same: you 4 mi, friend 7 mi \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |