CAN SOMEONE HELP?Find the value of x?
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Answer:
3.54 and 1.04
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Two towns are 1,100 miles apart.
A group of hikers Starts from each town and walks down the trail toward each other..
They meet after a total hiking time of 240 hours.
If one group travels 2 1/2 mile per hour slower than the other group.
<u>Question asked:</u>
Find the rate of each group.
<u>Solution:</u>
Let speed of faster hiker =
Speed of slower hiker =
<u>As we know:</u>
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Total distance between two town = Total combined speed of both hikers Total combined time taken
Speed of faster hiker = = 3.54 miles per hour.
Speed of slower hiker = =
Therefore, speed of faster hiker is 3.54 miles per hour and speed of slower hiker is 1.04 miles per hour.