SOLUTION: rose and luke decided to take part in a twenty mile race. Luke runs at 5mph, while rose runs at 4mph. when Luke crosses the finish line, how far will rose be from finishing?
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Question 342284: rose and luke decided to take part in a twenty mile race. Luke runs at 5mph, while rose runs at 4mph. when Luke crosses the finish line, how far will rose be from finishing? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! rose and luke decided to take part in a twenty mile race.
Luke runs at 5mph,
Luke DATA:
rate = 5 mph ; distance = 20 miles ; time = 20/5 = 4 hrs
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while rose runs at 4mph.
Rose DATA:
rate = 4 mph ; distance = 20 miles; time = 20/4 = 5 hrs
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when Luke crosses the finish line, how far will rose be from finishing?
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Rose will be 1 hr. from the finish line.
Her distance from the finish line will be 4 mph * 1 hr = 4 miles.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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