Question

You and a friend are walking to school. You start 0.6 miles ahead of your friend, and

walk at a pace of 2.5 miles per hour. Your friend walks at a pace of 4 miles per hour.
Write equations to represent this scenario where x represents hours, and y represents
distance walked.
Your eq'n:
Friend eq'n:
How many minutes
does it take for your
friend to catch up?
How far will your friend have
walked once they catch up?
Include units in your answer.

Answer 1

Answer: 1. It would take your friend 24 minutes to catch up. Your friend would've walked 1.6 miles once they've caught up.

Step-by-step explanation: If you walk 2.5 miles per hour, you would have to divide that by 60 minutes to find out how fast you walk per minute. Which would be 0.04166666667 miles per minute, if you walked for 24 minutes, you would've completed a full mile. Your friend walks 4 miles per hour, you would want to divide that by 60 as well to find out how fast he walks per minute. Which would be 0.06666666667 miles per minute, if he walked for a total of 24 minutes, he would've walked for a total of 1.6 miles. Remember, you started 0.6 miles ahead of him, meaning after a total of 24 minutes, your friend would've caught up to you.