Carrie walks at 3mph Crystal rides bike at 9mph carrie takes
Carrie walks at 3mph
 Crystal rides bike at 9mph
 carrie takes 20 minutes longer than Crystal to get to school.
 They live the same distance from school.
 What is the distance to school?
 This is what I have, not making sense?
 d=rxt
 d= 3 x (t + 20)
Solution
you know the rates
 the distances are equal
 solve for the time and then substitute to find the distance
 (remember: 20 min is 1/3 hr)
 
 3(t + 1/3) = 9 (t) ___ 3t + 1 = 9t ___ 1 = 6t ___ 1/6 = t
 
 substituting ___ d = 9(1/6) = 9/6 = 1.5 mi

