SOLUTION: 2 hikers start at opposie ends of the trail and walk towards each other. the trail is 36 miles long and they meet in 4 hours. if one hiker is twice as fast as the other, find both
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Question 284232: 2 hikers start at opposie ends of the trail and walk towards each other. the trail is 36 miles long and they meet in 4 hours. if one hiker is twice as fast as the other, find both hiking speeds. Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let the speed of one hiker be x
the other's speed = 2x
distance traveled in 4 hours = 4x miles
The other traveled for 8x miles
4x+8x=36
12x=36
x= 3 mph
the other's speed = 6 mph
