document.write( "Question 697453: kiran sets off on a walk at a speed
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document.write( "of 6km/h. 10 minutes later, her
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document.write( "brother Ali sets off her on his bicycle
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document.write( "at 15km/h. How far must Ali go to
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document.write( "catch up with Kiran? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #430023 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Start a stopwatch when Ali leaves. By then, \n" ); document.write( "Kiran has had a head start of \n" ); document.write( "and a distance of \n" ); document.write( "-------------- \n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( "Ali catches Kiran. \n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( "in time \n" ); document.write( "--------------- \n" ); document.write( "Kiran's equation: \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "Ali's equation: \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "Substitute (1) into (2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "Ali must travel 1.667 km to catch Kiran \n" ); document.write( "check: \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "OK \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |