SOLUTION: Two students on bicycles leave their classroom building at 10:00 am ans travel opposite directions. If the average speed of one of the students is 12 kilometers per hour and the av

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Question 37891: Two students on bicycles leave their classroom building at 10:00 am ans travel opposite directions. If the average speed of one of the students is 12 kilometers per hour and the average speed of the other student is 14 kilometers per hour, at what time will they be 65 kilometers apart?
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Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Scroll down and see my earlier solution to this problem...answer is 2 1/2 hours later at 12:30 pm

Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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14x+12x=65 or 26x=65 or x=65/26 or 2.5 hours they will be 56 miles apart