Two cyclists leave town at the same time on the same road going on the same direction. cyclists a is going 6 miles per hour faster than cyclist b. after 8 hours, cyclist a has traveled three times the distance as cyclist b. use the equation 24x=8[x+6] to find how fast cyclist b is traveling.

x=3

Step-by-step explanation:

Move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.

Add '-8x' to each side of the equation.

24x + -8x = 48 + 8x + -8x

Combine like terms: 24x + -8x = 16x

16x = 48 + 8x + -8x

Combine like terms: 8x + -8x = 0

16x = 48 + 0

16x = 48

Divide each side by '16'.

x = 3

Simplifying

x = 3

the formula for the equation of a circle is (x – h)2+ (y – k)2 = r2, where (h, k) represents the coordinates of the center of the circle, and r represents the radius of the circle. if a circle is tangent to the x-axis at (3,0), this means it touches the x-axis at that point.