document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=907728>Question 907728</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Elizabeth Suco and her friend  Harold Tanner are riding their bicycles in a fundraiser for charity. Harold leaves the starting point at 7:00 AM and rides at 15 miles per hour. Elizabeth leaves the starting point at 7:30 AM and rides at 18 miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How long after Elizabeth leaves the starting point will she catch up?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How far from the starting point will they be? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #550520 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=550520\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the distance traveled by both is same when one catches up with the other.								<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let them meet at distance x								<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Suco 	speed=	15	mph		, starts at		00:00	am<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tanner	speed=	18	mph		starts at		07:30	am<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Time difference  between the starting of the two=			0.50	hours				<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Time taken by  	Suco 	=	X  /	15				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time taken by  	Tanner	=	X  /	18				<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X  /	15	-	X  /	18	=	0.5		<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LCD -	90							<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply equation by	90			90				<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6	x  	-	5	x   	=	45		<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1	x  	=	45					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "/	1							<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=   	45	miles						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tanner	speed=	18	mph					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance =  	45	miles						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time taken =	45	/	18					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time taken to catch up =	2.5	hour						<BR>\n" );
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