Problema Solution
If two hikers start at opposite ends of a trail and walk toward each other. Trail is 36 miles long and they meet in 4 hours. One hiker is twice as fast as the other. Find both hiking speeds
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let the speed of one hiker be x
the other's speed = 2x
distance traveled in 4 hours = 4x miles
The other traveled for 8x miles
4x+8x=36
12x=36
x= 3 mph
the other's speed = 6 mph