Question

DIG DEEPER You and

a friend start riding bikes toward each other from opposite ends of a 24-mile biking route. You ride 2 miles every 4 hour.
Your friend rides 7
miles per hour.
a. After how many hours do you meet?

Answer 1

1.5 hours

I traveled farther

2 miles

Explanation:

My speed

Speed of my friend

Time passed for both me and my friend will be equal if we start at the same time and the combined distance covered by both of us will be 24 miles. Let be the time taken to meet

So, we meet each other after 1.5 hours.

Distance traveled by me

Distance traveled by my friend