They live 8.25 miles apart.

Question

Bill leaves his house for Makayla's house riding his bicycle at 8 miles per hour. At the same tim, Makayla leaves her house heading toward Bill's house walking at 3 miles per hour.At the same time, Makayla leaves her house heading toward Bill's house walking at 3 miles per hour.Write a system of equations to represents the distance, d, each is from Makayla's house in h hours.

Answer 1

For Bill:

 

d = 8.25 - 8h

 

For Makayla:

 

d = 3h