If two people both leave their houses at 6:00 and one person goes 8mph and the other goes 7mph and they are 20 miles away from each other what time would they meet

Solution

Solution

time : 1 \frac{1}{3}

Solution steps

Translate the problem into an equation:

8 x + 7 x = 20

Solve for

x, 8 x + 7 x = 20 : x = \frac{4}{3}

Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers

time : 1 \frac{1}{3}

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