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

Answers

Damon
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
Damon
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?
Damon
26 - 6 x = 8 (x-1.5)
Julie
Thank you!!!

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