Question

Please help I am so lost thank you all

Answer 1

h = hours till they're 58 miles apart

Check the picture below.

so they're travelling in opposite directions, however the combined distances is 58 miles at say "h" hours, by the time that happend Hopi has been walking "h" hours and Brittany has also being walking "h" hours too.

Since the combined distance is 58 miles than if Hopi has covered "m" miles then Brittany covered the slack of "58 - m".

`{\Large \begin{array}{llll} \underset{distance}{d}=\underset{rate}{r} \stackrel{time}{t} \end{array}} \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ \begin{array}{lcccl} &\stackrel{miles}{distance}&\stackrel{mph}{rate}&\stackrel{hours}{time}\\ \cline{2-4}&\\ Hopi&m&15&h\\ Brittany&58-m&14&h \end{array}\hspace{5em} \begin{cases} m=(15)(h)\\\\ 58-m=(14)(h) \end{cases} \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill`

`\stackrel{\textit{substituting on the 2nd equation}}{58-(\stackrel{m}{15h})=14h}\implies 58=29h\implies \cfrac{58}{29}=h\implies \boxed{2=h}`