Marshall and Mimi walk the same distance from the school to the shopping mall. Marshall walked 2 mph while Mimi left one hour later and walked 3 mph. If they reached the mall at the same time how far from the mall is there school?

The mall is 6 miles far from there school.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Marshall and Mimi walk the same distance from the school to the shopping mall. Marshall walked 2 mph while Mimi left one hour later and walked 3 mph.

If they reached the mall at the same time.

Now, to find the distance from the mall to there school.

Let the time be

As, the speed of Marshall = 2 mph.

So, the distance of Marshall =

Now, Mimi left one hour later and walked 3 mph.

Let the time of Mimi be

Speed of Mimi = 3 mph.

Thus, the distance of Mimi =

As, given Marshall and Mimi walk the same distance from the school to the shopping mall and they reached the mall at the same time.

According to question:

Adding both sides by 3 we get:

Subtracting both sides by 2 we get:

Now, to get the distance from the mall to there school we substitute the value of :

Therefore, the mall is 6 miles far from there school.

∈3,600

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