SOLUTION: A cyclist and a jogger start from a town at the same time and head for a destination 19 mi away. The rate of the cyclist is twice the rate of the jogger. The cyclist arrives 1.9 h
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Question 532320: A cyclist and a jogger start from a town at the same time and head for a destination 19 mi away. The rate of the cyclist is twice the rate of the jogger. The cyclist arrives 1.9 h before the jogger. Find the rate of the cyclist. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A cyclist and a jogger start from a town at the same time and head for a destination 19 mi away.
The rate of the cyclist is twice the rate of the jogger. The cyclist arrives 1.9 h before the jogger.
Find the rate of the cyclist.
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let r = the rate of the jogger
then
2r = rate of the cyclist
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Write a time equation, time = dist/speed
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jogger time - cyclist time = 1.9 hrs - = 1.9
multiply by 2r, results:
2(19) - 19 = 2r(1.9)
38 - 19 = 3.8r
19 = 3.8r
r =
r = 5 mph is the rate of the jogger
then
2(5) = 10 mph is the rate of the cyclist
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Check this find the actual time of each
19/5 = 3.8 hrs
19/10= 1.9 hrs
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time dif: 1.9 hrs
