Given:
Speed of Timmy = 5 miles per hour
Speed of sam = 4 miles per hour and head start of 2 miles
To find:
Where Timmy and Sam will meet.
Solution:
Let x be the number hours they ran in marathon and y be the total distance covered.
Speed of Timmy is 5 miles per hour. So, total distance covered by Timmy in x hours is
[tex]y=5x[/tex] ...(i)
Speed of sam is 4 miles per hour and head start of 2 miles. So, total distance covered by sam in x hours is
[tex]y=4x+2[/tex] ...(ii)
Now, equate (i) and (ii).
[tex]5x=4x+2[/tex]
[tex]5x-4x=2[/tex]
[tex]x=2[/tex]
The value of x is 2. It means they will meet after 2 hours.
Put x=2 in (i).
[tex]y=5(2)[/tex]
[tex]y=10[/tex]
It means, they will meet at 10 miles.
