document.write( "Question 1045854: Romeo and Juliet first saw each other when they were 270 feet apart. Romeo began running toward Juliet at a rate of 16 ft/s. At the same moment, Juliet began running toward Romeo at a rate of 14 ft/s. How may seconds after they started running will they meet? How far will Romeo have to run? \n" ); document.write( "

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Romeo and Juliet first saw each other when they were 270 feet apart.
\n" ); document.write( " Romeo began running toward Juliet at a rate of 16 ft/s.
\n" ); document.write( " At the same moment, Juliet began running toward Romeo at a rate of 14 ft/s.
\n" ); document.write( " How may seconds after they started running will they meet?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let t = no. of seconds for them to meet
\n" ); document.write( "When they meet the sum of their distances is 270 ft, dist = rate * time
\n" ); document.write( "16t + 14t = 270
\n" ); document.write( "30t = 270
\n" ); document.write( "t = 270/30
\n" ); document.write( "t = 9 seconds
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\n" ); document.write( " How far will Romeo have to run?
\n" ); document.write( "He ran 9 sec at 16 ft/sec, therefore:
\n" ); document.write( " 9 * 16 = 144 ft
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\n" ); document.write( "You can confirm this, find how far J ran: 9 * 14 = 126 ft
\n" ); document.write( "126 + 144 = 270 \n" ); document.write( "

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