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by oquiella » Sat Oct 10, 2015 4:51 am
One hour after Yolanda started walking from X to Y, a distance of 45 miles. Bob started walking along the same road from Y to X. If Yolanda's walking rate was 3 miles per hour and Bob's was 4 miles per hour, how many miles had Bob walked when they met?

A. 24
B. 23
C. 22
D. 21
E. 19.5

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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:58 am
oquiella wrote:One hour after Yolanda started walking from X to Y, a distance of 45 miles. Bob started walking along the same road from Y to X. If Yolanda's walking rate was 3 miles per hour and Bob's was 4 miles per hour, how many miles had Bob walked when they met?

A. 24
B. 23
C. 22
D. 21
E. 19.5
Since Yolanda's rate = 3 mph, the distance traveled by Yolanda in the first hour = rt = 3*1 = 3 miles.
Of the 45 total miles between X and Y, the remaining distance between Bob and Yolanda = 45-3 = 42 miles.

After the first hour, Bob and Yolanda WORK TOGETHER to cover the remaining 42 miles between them.
When people work together, ADD THE RATES.
Combined rate for Bob and Yolanda = 3+4 = 7 mph.

Implication:
Every hour Bob and Yolanda together cover 7 miles.
Since Bob's rate = 4 mph, Bob will travel 4 of every 7 miles that Bob and Yolanda cover together.
Thus, Bob will travel 4/7 of the remaining 42 miles between Bob and Yolanda:
(4/7)(42) = 24 miles.

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Sat Oct 10, 2015 6:47 am
One hour after Yolanda started walking from X to Y, a distance of 45 miles, Bob started walking along the same road from Y to X. If Yolanda's walking rate was 3 miles per hour and Bob's was 4 miles per hour, how many miles had Bob walked when they met?

A. 24
B. 23
C. 22
D. 21
E. 19.5
Original length of GAP between Bob and Yolanda = 45 miles

Yolanda walks for 1 hour at a speed of 3 miles per hour.
So, Yolanda walked 3 miles during that 1 hour.
Current length of GAP between Bob and Yolanda = 42 miles

At this point, Bob starts walking.
In 1 hour, Bob walks 4 miles towards Yolanda, and Yolanda walks 3 miles towards Bob.
So, EVERY HOUR, the gap decreases a total of 7 miles.
In other words, the GAP between Bob and Yolanda SHRINKS at a rate of 7 miles per hour.

Time = distance/rate
So, time = 42/7 = 6 hours
So, it will take 6 hours for the gap to shrink from 42 miles to 0 miles.

Bob walks at a rate of 4 miles per hour.
So, Bob's travel distance = (rate)(time) = (4)(6) = [spoiler]24 miles = A[/spoiler]

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