SOLUTION: Bugs bunny can run nine miles in the same time Elmer Fud can run one mile.If Bugs Bunny runs 15 miles per hour faster than Elmer,how fast can Elmer run?

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Question 1125844: Bugs bunny can run nine miles in the same time Elmer Fud can run one mile.If Bugs Bunny runs 15 miles per hour faster than Elmer,how fast can Elmer run?
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1.  The condition says that Bugs bunny run 9 times as fast as Elmer Fud:


    x = 9y,                         (1)


    where x is the Bugs bunny' speed and y is the Elmer Fud' speed.



2.  The condition also says that  


    x - y = 15  miles per hour.     (2)



3.  From (1)  and  (2) you have


    9y - y = 15,   or

    8y = 15,   which gives you the solution

    y = 15%2F8  miles per hour  is the Elmer Fud' speed.


4.  Then  x = 9y = %2815%2A9%29%2F8 = 135%2F8 miles per hour is the Bugs bunny' speed.



Answer.  The Elmer Fud' speed is  15%2F8  miles per hour.

Solved.