Yo, all you GED-studiers. Workin’ hard? Hammond wrote in with a practice question… good one for thinkin’ through distance an’ speed problems. So, I thought I’d put it in a post, not jus’ comments…. Here goes:
Two cyclists start biking from a trail’s start 3 hours apart. The second cyclist travels at 10 miles per hur ans start 3 hours after the first cyclist who is traveing at 6 miles per hour. How much time will pass before the second cyclist catches up with the first from the time the second cyclist started biking
Okay. bicyclists. start 3 hours apart. You want to know when they meet, so you want to know when the distance is the same.
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