SOLUTION: a traveler is walking on a moving walkway in an airport. the traveler must walk back on the walkway to get a bag he forgot. the traveler's ground speed is 2 feet per second against
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Question 708025: a traveler is walking on a moving walkway in an airport. the traveler must walk back on the walkway to get a bag he forgot. the traveler's ground speed is 2 feet per second against the walkway and 6 feet per second whith the walkway. what is the traveler's speed off the walkway? what is the speed of the moving walkway.
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thanks :) Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let t = traveler's normal walking speed
let w = walkway speed
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Write an equation for each scenario
t - w = 2
t + w = 6
---------------adding eliminates w, find
2t = 8
t = 4 ft/sec, travelers speed
and
4 + w = 6
w = 6 - 4
w = 2 ft/sec, walkway speed
