Question

one bee leaves the hive and another bee leaves the flowerbed. the bees fly toward each other and meet halfway between the hive and the flowerbed, which are 720m apart. the bee who leaves the flowerbed leaves 1 minute after the bee who leaves the hive, but flies 4m/min faster. find the speed of each bee

Answer 1

Speeds of the the bees are

36 m/min and

40 m/min.

Explanation:

Answer 2

36 m/min and 40 m/min

Explanation:

set up the variables

d:

720/2 --> 360 m for each bee

t:

bee 1 --> x

bee 2 --> x-1

s:

bee 1 --> 360/x

bee 2 --> 360/x-1

set up equation:

360/x - 360/x-1 = 4

solve --> x= 10

substitute:

bee 1 --> 360/10

bee 2 --> 360/10 + 4

answer:

bee 1 --> 36 m/min

bee 2 --> 40 m/min