...the same distance. ••• 6T35x = (x-8)7.|. The solution of which gives 42 hours. 40. A sets put and travels at the rate of 7 miles in 5 hours. Eight...miles in 3 hours. In how many hours will B overtake A? 41. A person walks to the top of a mountain at the rate of 2j miles an hour, and down the same way...

...required. Give the loss. 4. A man travels at the rate of 7 miles an hour ; another starts with him and travels, in the same direction, at the rate of 5 miles an hour. How far apart are they at the end of one hour ? They are as many miles apart as the difference...

...they meet ? 20. A starts from a certain place and travels 8 miles per hour. Four hours later B starts from the same place and travels in the same direction at the rate of 10 miles per hour. How many hours does B travel before overtaking A ? 21. Two bicyclists 108 miles...

...they meet ? 18. A starts from a certain place and travels 4 miles per hour. Six hours later B starts from the same place and travels in the same direction at the rate of 6 miles per hour. How many hours does B travel before overtaking A ? 19. Two bicyclists 108 miles apart...

...A starts from a certain place, traveling at the rate of 4 miles per hour. Five hours later B starts from the same place and travels in the same direction at the rate of 6 miles per hour. In how many hours will B overtake A ? REVIEW EXERCISE 86 1. The sum of two numbers...

...meet? 2. A man walks at the rate of 3 miles an hour. Three hours after he starts, another man starts from the same place and travels in the same direction at the rate of 10 miles per hour. When and where will the latter overtake the former? 4. When and where will the express...

...respectively. 12. A starts from a certain place and travels 20 miles per hour. Two hours later B starts from the same place and travels in the same direction at the rate of 25 miles per hour. How long after A starts will B overtake A? 13. On May 2, 1923, Lieutenants Kelly...