Help solve the equation

You and a friend are both traveling from Seattle area.  You start 38 miles east of Seattle and travel east on interstate 90 at 62 miles per hour. Your friend starts 20 miles south of Seattle and travels south on interstate 5 at 65 miles per hour. Who would be farther from Seattle in two hours and by how much? How many hours will it take for you and your friend to be the same distance from Seattle?
in Algebra 1 Answers by

Your answer

Your name to display (optional):
Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications.
Anti-spam verification:
To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register.

1 Answer

AA' is the distance you will travel in 2 hours=2*62=124. So total distance from Seattle is 124+38=162 miles.

BB' is the distance your friend will travel=2*65=130. So total distance from Seattle is 130+20=150 miles.

You would be 162-150=12 miles further from Seattle than your friend.

If t is the time at which the distances would be equal, 62t+38=65t+20; 18=3t, so t=6 hours. (The actual distance would be 372+38=390+20=410 miles.)

by Top Rated User (1.2m points)

No related questions found

Welcome to MathHomeworkAnswers.org, where students, teachers and math enthusiasts can ask and answer any math question. Get help and answers to any math problem including algebra, trigonometry, geometry, calculus, trigonometry, fractions, solving expression, simplifying expressions and more. Get answers to math questions. Help is always 100% free!

Most popular questions within the last 3000 days

  1. 50+50-25X0+2+2= (19)
  2. it takes 10 road workers 5 days to complete a road repair when working 2 hours a day.Working at the same pace,how many days will it take 2 people working 5 hours a day to finish it? (3)
  3. Solve 15 -1(12÷4+1)? (4)
  4. 8:4(5+2) (3)
  5. How can i represent 1/3; 3/3; 7/3; 10/3 and 15/3 on a number line? (1)

Most popular tags

87,516 questions
100,314 answers
2,420 comments
752,735 users