document.write( "Question 990832: I am having a difficult time with this word problem and I don't know where to start:Two cyclists, 144 mi apart, start riding towards each other at the same time. One cycles twice as fast as the other. If they meet 3 hr later, at what average speed is each cyclist traveling? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "I am having a difficult time with this word problem and I don't know where to start:Two cyclists, 144 mi apart, start riding towards each other at the same time. One cycles twice as fast as the other. If they meet 3 hr later, at what average speed is each cyclist traveling?
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Let the slower cyclist's speed be S
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document.write( "Then the faster cyclist's speed = 2S
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document.write( "When they meet in 3 hours, both would've traveled a total of 144 miles
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document.write( "Therefore we get: 3(S) + 3(2S) = 144
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document.write( "3S + 6S = 144
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document.write( "9S = 144
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document.write( "S, or speed of slower cyclist = , or  mph
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document.write( "Speed of faster cyclist: 2(16), or  mph \n" );
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