My friend sets out walking at a speed of $3$ miles per hour. i set out behind her $5$ minutes later at $4$ miles per hour. for how many minutes will my friend have been walking when i catch up to her?

Solution:

we are given that

My friend sets out walking at a speed of 3 miles per hour.

I set out behind her 5 minutes later at 4 miles per hour.

we have been asked to find

For how many minutes will my friend have been walking when I catch up to her?

Let the required time be t then we can write

As we know that

When they meet up then difference of distance traveled becomes zero.

so we can write

Hence the required time is 20 minutes.

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