Question

A long distance runner starts at the beginning of a trail and runs at a rate of 5 miles per hour. One hour later, a cyclist starts at the beginning of the trail and travels at a rate of 13 miles per hour. What is the amount of time that the cyclist travels before overtaking the runner?
My answer is 37.5 minutes but it has to be in hours... where am i going wrong?

Answer 1

I came up with 1.3 hours.. Not sure if that's right but it would make sense. How did you figure it?

Answer 2

12 * 3 = 27
6(3+1.5) = 27