1952 AHSME Problems/Problem 48
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Two cyclists, miles apart, and starting at the same time, would be together in hours if they traveled in the same direction, but would pass each other in hours if they traveled in opposite directions. The ratio of the speed of the faster cyclist to that of the slower is:
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We have a simple formula . The times the problem gives us, and are kind of annoying, so I will just let and be and , respectively. I will also let and being the rate of the riders, where . We can then write our equations based off these numbers, so I got and . Rearranging the equations and solving for and , I got (from first equation) and (from second equation). Also, we have and . Adding the first two together and the last two together, I got and . Finally, dividing by gives us . Substituting and for and , I got -DragonFish12345 with credits to @RJ5303707 for LATEX
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