rate * time = distance ... let t equal the time for the faster farmer
the distance is the same for both farmers ... 10 t = 4 (t + 3/4)
solve for time (t) , use it to find the distance
One farmer leaves for the market in a tractor towing his produce in a cart at an
average rate of 10 m
iles per hour. A second farmer leaves from the same farm
at the same time, headed for the same market by the same road as the first
farmer, on a donkey at an average rate of 4 miles per hour. If it takes the
second farmer 45 minutes longer to get to the ma
rket, how many miles is it from
the farm to the market?
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