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ryansmith069

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Sue heads due west from Dry Gulch on U.S. 6.5 at a steady speed of 55 mph (miles per hour) while Don heads due east from Wet Hollow (which is 830 miles west of Dry Gulch) on the same hiway at 65 mph but he starts 2 hours after Sue did. How many hours after Sue started will they meet?

a. 4 hours
b. 6 hours
c. 8 hours
d. 10 hours
e. none of these
 
ryansmith069 said:
Sue heads due west from Dry Gulch on U.S. 6.5 at a steady speed of 55 mph (miles per hour) while Don heads due east from Wet Hollow (which is 830 miles west of Dry Gulch) on the same hiway at 65 mph but he starts 2 hours after Sue did. How many hours after Sue started will they meet?
How many miles did Sue cover before Don got started? So how many miles are left to cover?

Once Don is moving, by how many miles do they get closer each hour? So how many hours does it take to cover the remaining distance?

Then what was Sue's total travelling time?

Eliz.
 
ryansmith069 said:
Sue heads due west from Dry Gulch on U.S. 6.5 at a steady speed of 55 mph (miles per hour) while Don heads due east from Wet Hollow (which is 830 miles west of Dry Gulch) on the same hiway at 65 mph but he starts 2 hours after Sue did. How many hours after Sue started will they meet?
At least 2.
 
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