SOLUTION: two bikers start at opposite ends of a trail and bike toward each other. the trail is 210 miles long and they meet in 5 hours. if one biker is twice as fast as the other, find both
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Question 912789: two bikers start at opposite ends of a trail and bike toward each other. the trail is 210 miles long and they meet in 5 hours. if one biker is twice as fast as the other, find both biking speeds Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Think of this as one biker standing still and
the other traveling at the sum of their speeds
Let = the speed of the slower biker in mi/hr = the speed of the faster biker in mi/hr
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Their speeds are 14 mi/hr and 28 mi/hr
check:
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OK
