Chantal bicycles at a speed of 20 miles per hour and has already riden 45 miles when Trisha begins cycling. Trish bicycles at a speed of 35 miles per hour. How do you write and solve a system of equations for the given situation?

Chantal and Trisha will have both traveled 105 miles in 20 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

is distance in miles, is time in hours.

The two equations are:

Set them equal to each other and solve for x:

Plug that back into the equations to confirm this gives the same :

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