If Adam and Simon start on bicycle trips from the same point at the same time and Adam travels east at 8mph and Simon travels south at 6mph then after 4.28 hours the distance between them is 60 miles.
What is speed?
Speed is the distance an object covers in a particular time period. It can be calculated as under:
Speed=Distance/ Time.
How to calculate time?
We have been given the speed of Adam and Simon as 8 mph and 6 mph and we are required to find the time taken by both to be 60 miles apart.
Time=Distance/speed
We cannot find individually but we can find the average time.
Time=60/(6+8)
=60/14
=2.28 hours
Hence if If Adam and Simon start on bicycle trips from the same point at the same time and Adam travels east at 8mph and Simon travels south at 6mph then after 4.28 hours the distance between them is 60 miles.
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