Aaliyah and Amina are 130 miles apart, traveling towards each other. If Amina travels 15 mph and Aaliyah travels 11 mph how long until they meet?
A) Fill in the following table, where t = travel time in hours until Aaliyah and Amina meet. Notice that the time will be t for both people, since they start and stop at the same times.
rate
time
distance
Aaliyah
t
Amina
t
B) Using the basic formula rate x time = distance, write an equation based on the information summarized in the table.
+
=
130
Aaliyah’s distance
Amina’s distance
C) Solve your equation to determine the amount of time Aaliyah and Amina will travel until they meet: