At the beginning of a walk, Kevin and martin are 3.3 miles apart. If they leave at the same time and walk in the same direction, Kevin overtakes Martin in 11hours. If they walk towards each other, they meet in 1 hour. What are their speeds?

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anonymous · Answer

Need help with this problem Thnx

phi · Answer

Let K be Kevin's speed and M be Martin's speed
We use Speed x Time = Distance
when walking toward each other, they walk for the same amount of time = 1 hour
does this make sense
K * 1  + M*1 = 3.3     distance of both add up to 3.3 miles

anonymous · Answer

Yes does make sense, I did that so far but couldn't get their speeds

phi · Answer

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