SOLUTION: Patty and Toby live 345 miles apart. They decide to drive to meet one another. Patty leaves at noon traveling at an average rate of 45 mph and Toby leaves at 3:00 pm traveling at a
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Question 820690: Patty and Toby live 345 miles apart. They decide to drive to meet one another. Patty leaves at noon traveling at an average rate of 45 mph and Toby leaves at 3:00 pm traveling at an average speed of 60 mph. At what time will they meet? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Patty 45 mph 12:00 PM
Toby 60 mph 03:00 PM 3 hours late
Distance 345 miles
In 3 hours Patty travels 135 miles before Toby starts
So distance = 210 before Toby starts
Let time they take to meet be x hours
Patty distance traveled 45 x miles
Toby distance traveled 60 x miles
t=d/r
combined speed= 105 mph
105 x = 210
x= 2.00 hours
They will meet at 5.00 PM
