SOLUTION: Isabel and Basile are riding the same distance home on the bicycle path. Isabel is riding 15 km/h and Baisle is riding 11 km/h. Isabel gets home 12 minutes (1/5 of an hour) before

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Question 1023533: Isabel and Basile are riding the same distance home on the bicycle path. Isabel is riding 15 km/h and Baisle is riding 11 km/h. Isabel gets home 12 minutes (1/5 of an hour) before Basile. How long, in hours, did it take Basile to ride home?

Note: Distance=Rate x Time
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
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                rate            time          distance

Isabel          15              t-1/5            d

Basile          11              t                d



The same distance, d.
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