Two runners live 33 miles apart. jim runs 8 miles per hour, and joan runs 6 miles per hour. if joan starts running toward jim's house and jim starts running toward joan's house 2 hours later, how long will jim have been running when they meet?

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Aleah Norris

Mathematics

1 December, 17:12

Two runners live 33 miles apart. jim runs 8 miles per hour, and joan runs 6 miles per hour. if joan starts running toward jim's house and jim starts running toward joan's house 2 hours later, how long will jim have been running when they meet?

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Josh Guerra · Answer 1

Let x be equal to Jim's travel time

Let x + 2 be equal to Joan's travel time

distance = speed*travel time

6 (x + 2) + 8x = 33

6x + 12 + 8x = 33

14x = 21

x = 21/14 = 3.5

3.5 hrs is the hours that Jim have been running until he met Joan.