Question

Stacy travels 5 times as fast as Eric. Traveling in opposite directions, they are 336 miles apart after 4 hours. Find their rates of travel.

Answer 1

Answer:

Eric travelled at 21miles per hour

while stacy travelled at 105miles per hour.

Explanation:

speed = distance/time

then distance = speedxtime.

speed = x

time = 4hrs

Eric's distance after 4hrs = 4x

since stacy is 5 times faster than eric =

stacy's distance = (5x)4 = 20x

Stacy's distance - Eric's distance = 336m

20x - 4x = 336Miles

16x = 336miles

x = 336/16

x = 21miles per hour

so Eric was travelling at 21miles per hour

While Stacy was travelling at 105 miles per hour.