SOLUTION: Candy and Delvis are riding bicycles in the same direction. Candy is traveling at a speed of 6 miles per hour, and Delvis is traveling at a speed of 8 miles per hour. In 3 hours wh

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Question 749099: Candy and Delvis are riding bicycles in the same direction. Candy is traveling at a speed of 6 miles per hour, and Delvis is traveling at a speed of 8 miles per hour. In 3 hours what is the distance between them (assuming that they began at the same point and time)?
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Every hour that goes by, Delvis is going 2 more miles.
3%2A2=6
They will be 6 miles apart.
Alternately, Candy is going 6mi/h. Multiply by the number of hours to see how far she goes. 6mi/h * 3 h = 18 miles.
Delvis is going 8mi/h. Multiply by the number of hours to see how far she goes. 8mi/h * 3 h = 24 miles.
From here, hopefully you can see that they are 6 miles apart. 24-18=6