SOLUTION: Two people are 80 miles apart and both travel on bicyles. Bothe of them bicyle toward each other for 4 hours. The second bicyclist traveles 1.5 times faster than the first bicyclis
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Question 189364: Two people are 80 miles apart and both travel on bicyles. Bothe of them bicyle toward each other for 4 hours. The second bicyclist traveles 1.5 times faster than the first bicyclist. How fast did each bicyclist travel? Answer by feliz1965(151) (Show Source):
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We have two people that I will call person A and person B.
Because they are riding toward each other, times equal total distance given.
Person A:
time on bike = 4 hours
speed = x
distance = 80 miles
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Person B:
time on bike = 4 hours
speed = (1.5 + x)
distance = 80 miles
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4x + 4(1.5 + x) = 80 miles
Can you solve for x now?
When you find the answer for x, you will know the speed of Person A.
To find the speed of Person B, replace x in the expression (1.5 + x) with the value you find for x.
Understand?
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