At 3:00 p.m., Jamie leaves her house and drives north to the beach. She arrives at 5:30 p.m. Also leaving at 3:00 p.m., her brother Raul leaves her house and drives south to a state park. He arrives at 4:30 p.m. The driving distance from the beach to the state park is 240 mi. Jamie and Raul drove at the same speed.

What was their speed?

Question

At 3:00 p.m., Jamie leaves her house and drives north to the beach. She arrives at 5:30 p.m. Also leaving at 3:00 p.m., her brother Raul leaves her house and drives south to a state park. He arrives at 4:30 p.m. The driving distance from the beach to the state park is 240 mi. Jamie and Raul drove at the same speed.

What was their speed?

phi · Answer

use 
rate * time = distance

rate is unknown, so call it "x"
we need to know how long Jamie drove.  any idea ?

mathmale · Answer

It just might help you to sketch this situation.
The length of time each person drove can be found through simple subtraction.  Try it.

Use the distance formula:  distance traveled = speed * time.