SOLUTION: A jogger star from one end of a 11 mile nature trail at 8:00 A.M. One hour later, a cyclist starts from the other end of the trail and rides toward the jogger. If the rate of the j
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Question 1166093: A jogger star from one end of a 11 mile nature trail at 8:00 A.M. One hour later, a cyclist starts from the other end of the trail and rides toward the jogger. If the rate of the jogger is 6 mph and the rate of the cyclist is 9 mph, at what time will the two meet? Answer by ikleyn(52772) (Show Source):
At 9:00 am, the distance between them is 11-6 = 5 miles.
Their rate of approaching is 6+9 = 15 miles per hour.
Hence, the travel time after 9:00 am is = of an hour = 20 minutes.
It means that they meet at 9:20 am. ANSWER
