A. 7 miles
B. 8 miles
C. 9 miles
D. 10 miles
E. 12 miles
Thanks for the help as always!
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your equation would be -Smriti Shashikumar wrote:Cathy and Tom are 20 miles apart and walk towards each other along the same route. Cathy walks at a constant rate that is 1 mile per hour faster than that of Tom's constant rate of 5 miles per hour. If Tom starts his journey 24 minutes after Cathy, how far from his original destination has Tom walked when the two meet?
A. 7 miles
B. 8 miles
C. 9 miles
D. 10 miles
E. 12 miles
Thanks for the help as always!
Before Tom starts to walk, Cathy travels alone at rate of 6 miles per hour for 2/5 of an hour:Smriti Shashikumar wrote:Cathy and Tom are 20 miles apart and walk towards each other along the same route. Cathy walks at a constant rate that is 1 mile per hour faster than that of Tom's constant rate of 5 miles per hour. If Tom starts his journey 24 minutes after Cathy, how far from his original destination has Tom walked when the two meet?
A. 7 miles
B. 8 miles
C. 9 miles
D. 10 miles
E. 12 miles
Thanks for the help as always!
I like to begin most speed/distance/time questions with a word equation.Smriti Shashikumar wrote:Cathy and Tom are 20 miles apart and walk towards each other along the same route. Cathy walks at a constant rate that is 1 mile per hour faster than that of Tom's constant rate of 5 miles per hour. If Tom starts his journey 24 minutes after Cathy, how far from his original destination has Tom walked when the two meet?
A. 7 miles
B. 8 miles
C. 9 miles
D. 10 miles
E. 12 miles
In my previous post, I used one of two word equations to answer the question. Let's examine another possible word equation.Smriti Shashikumar wrote:Cathy and Tom are 20 miles apart and walk towards each other along the same route. Cathy walks at a constant rate that is 1 mile per hour faster than that of Tom's constant rate of 5 miles per hour. If Tom starts his journey 24 minutes after Cathy, how far from his original destination has Tom walked when the two meet?
A. 7 miles
B. 8 miles
C. 9 miles
D. 10 miles
E. 12 miles