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prealgebra senior

Problem

Cities and are miles apart. Alicia lives in and Beth lives in . Alicia bikes towards at 18 miles per hour. Leaving at the same time, Beth bikes toward at 12 miles per hour. How many miles from City will they be when they meet?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
This is a problem, so let be the time it takes to meet. We can write the following equation: Solving gives us . The is Alicia so
Final answer
E