SOLUTION: Nick and Tom are racing home. Nick starts on 78th street and runs uptown at a rate of 2 blocks per minute, and Tom runs downtown from 168th street at 3 blocks per minute. On what s
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Question 1012746: Nick and Tom are racing home. Nick starts on 78th street and runs uptown at a rate of 2 blocks per minute, and Tom runs downtown from 168th street at 3 blocks per minute. On what street will they meet? Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Call the number of minutes they both run, t.
Then 78 + 2t = 168 - 3t
Now solve this for t...
5t = 90
t = 18 minutes
78 + 2(18) = 78 + 36 = 114th Street
Same as
168 - 3(18) = 114th Street
