SOLUTION: A traveler is walking on a moving walkway in an airport. The traveler must walk back on the walkway to get a bag he forgot. The travelers ground speed is 2ft/s against the walk way
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Question 1128778: A traveler is walking on a moving walkway in an airport. The traveler must walk back on the walkway to get a bag he forgot. The travelers ground speed is 2ft/s against the walk way and 6ft/s with the walk way. What is the travelers speed off the walkway and the speed of the moving walk way
u + v = 6 ft/s (the traveler' speed with the walk way)
u - v = 2 ft/s (the traveler' speed against the walk way)
----------------------------Add the equations.
Answer. The traveler' speed off the walkway u= 4 ft/s; the speed of the moving walkway v= 2 ft/s.