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9. Award: 10.00 points
 

Myron Corporation is sponsoring a walking race at its company outing. Leona Jackson and Sam
Peterson love to walk. Leona walks at the rate of 2 miles per hour. Sam walks at the rate of 3 miles
per hour. Assume they start walking from the same place and walk in a straight line. Sam starts
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 hour after Leona. Answer the questions that follow. Hint: Distance = Rate × Time.
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a. How long will it take Sam to meet Leona? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your
answer to 2 decimal places.)

Time taken hours

b. How many miles would each have walked? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round
your answer to 1 decimal place.) 

Distance walked miles

c. Assume Leona and Sam meet in Lonetown Station where two buses leave along parallel routes in
opposite directions. The bus traveling east has a 50 mph speed. The bus traveling west has a 21 mph
speed. In how many hours will the buses be 568 miles apart?
 

Time taken hours

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