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lesya692 [45]
3 years ago
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Andrea and Peter are riding their bicycles in the same direction on the same path. Andrea started 6 miles ahead of Peter and is

traveling at a rate of 12 miles per hour. Peter is traveling at a rate of 14 miles per hour. After how many hours will Peter catch up to Andrea? Write and solve an equation to model the problem. Explain the meaning of the solution.
Mathematics
1 answer:
ExtremeBDS [4]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

3 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Step one:

given

Andrea started 6 miles ahead of Peter and is traveling at a rate of 12 miles per hour.

let the number of hours be x

and the total distance traveled be y

y=6+12x------------1

<em>the initial distance is 6 miles</em>

<em>the distance traveled after x hours = 12x</em>

Peter is traveling at a rate of 14 miles per hour.

y=14x------------2

<em>the initial distance is 0 miles</em>

<em>the distance traveled after x hours = 14x</em>

Step two:

let us equate the two expressions above

6+12x=14x

14x-12x=6

2x=6

divide both sides by 2

x=6/2

x= 3 hours

it will take 3 hours for both of them to cover the same distance

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