Will and Kara live 10 km apart. They start biking towards each other. Will travels at and average speed of 3 m/s (meters per second) and Kara at a speed of 5 m/s. Where will they meet?

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anonymous · Answer

please show steps

anonymous · Answer

3.75km from Will and 6.25km from Kara

anonymous · Answer

It's 10,000=5x+3x where x is the amount of time they need to meet.
Solve for x you get 1250 seconds and then multiply it by their rate to see how far they traveled.

anonymous · Answer

how did you get that? I'm confused

anonymous · Answer

Okay in order to meet they have to travel a total of 10km which is 10,000 in the equation. To find how far each of them travel, you do rate * time = distance which is their rate (3 for Will and 5 for Kara) multiplied by x, the time.

anonymous · Answer

o! Thanks so much!