Two towns are 1,100 miles apart. A group of hikers Starts from each town and walks down the trail toward each other. They meet after a total hiking time of 240 hours. If one group travels 2 1/2 mile per hour slower than the other group, find the rate of each group.

3.54 and 1.04

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Two towns are 1,100 miles apart.

A group of hikers Starts from each town and walks down the trail toward each other..

They meet after a total hiking time of 240 hours.

If one group travels 2 1/2 mile per hour slower than the other group.

Question asked:

Find the rate of each group.

Solution:

Let speed of faster hiker =

Speed of slower hiker =

As we know:

Total distance between two town = Total combined speed of both hikers Total combined time taken

Speed of faster hiker = = 3.54 miles per hour.

Speed of slower hiker = =

Therefore, speed of faster hiker is 3.54 miles per hour and speed of slower hiker is 1.04 miles per hour.

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-2

7 - 9 = -2

reversed:

-2 + 9 = 7