SOLUTION: Kelly and Carmen live in Yorktown and Hornsville respectively. The distance between two town is 90 miles. They leave their homes simultaneously for each other houses. Kelly is walk
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Question 618835: Kelly and Carmen live in Yorktown and Hornsville respectively. The distance between two town is 90 miles. They leave their homes simultaneously for each other houses. Kelly is walking 2mph faster than Carmen . They meet one another 5 hours later. Find the speed for each of these two people. Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
They walked 5 hours and travelled a combined 90 miles.
Solve for then calculate
These speeds are roughly the walking speeds sustained by world record holders in the 5,000m walking race (last record set in Moscow, 1995), except that these two girls are going nearly 15 times farther (or walking 15 times longer if you would rather) than highly trained and expert athletes. Who made up this dumb ass problem anyway?
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
