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Question 1086292: Two tourists who are at a distance of 40 km from their camp must reach it together in the shortest possible time. They have one bicycle which they decide to use in turn. One of them started walking at a speed of v,=5 km/h and the other rode off on the bicycle at a speed of 02 = 15 km/h. The tourists agreed to leave the bicycle at intermediate points between which one walks and the other rides. What will the mean speed of the tourists be? How long will the bicycle remain unused? Answer by ikleyn(52852) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
Your condition is incomplete, since you did not defined the walking speed of the second tourist and the biking speed of the first tourist.
I suspect that the correct formulation should be like this:
"The walking speed of each tourist is 5 km/h; the biking speed of each is 15 km/h".
