Question

Sarah starts at a point 26 miles from school and runs toward school at 6 miles per hour. Ryan starts from school 1.3 hours later and runs towards Sarah at 8 miles per hour. Let x be the number of hours Sarah has been running
Write an expression in terms of x for the distance Sarah has run
Write an expression in terms of x for Sarah's distance from the school
Write an expression in terms of x for the time Ryan has been running
Write an expression in terms of x for Ryan's distance from the school
Write and solve an equation to find when Sarah and Ryan meet
How far are they from the school when they meet uP

Answer 1

Sarah runs 6 x

sarah is 26 - 6 x from school

Ryan ran x -1.5 hours

ryan is 8 (x-1.5) from school

when they meet

Answer 2

Sarah runs 6 x

sarah is 26 - 6 x from school

Ryan ran x -1.5 hours

ryan is 8 (x-1.5) from school

when they meet
26 - 6 x = 8 (x-11.5)

can you take it from there?

Answer 3

26 - 6 x = 8 (x-1.5)

Answer 4

Thank you!!!