Two skiers are 43.5 kilometers apart and head towards each other. They meet in 1.5 hours. If the second skier is 7 kilometers per hour faster the the other, find the speed of each skier?
Distance Rate Time
Slow Skier
Fast Skier
Total
The slow skier travels at
kilometers per hour.
The fast skier travels at
kilometers per hour.

i would have to say it is c.

-3

step-by-step explanation:

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so i draw the horizontal line y=2 and the vertical line x=-2 at this intersection i put b (this is where my right angle is going to be).   so point b is at (-2,2).   point a is 5 units long and is also on y=2 so this point has to be (3,2) or (-7,2) -doesn't matter i will go with (3,2).

now we know c is at (-2,y) we don't know the y yet bet we know that c is on x=-2.

we have the area of the triangle is .5bh=12.5

we know the base length is 5 (ab)

we have the height is (2-y) if you look at your

plug in

.5(5)(2-y)=12.5

solve for y to get the y-coordinate for c

2.5(2-y)=12.5

divide both sides by 2.5 giving:

2-y=5

now subtract 2 on both sides

-y=3

y=-3

its kind of blurry. can you put a clearer pic?

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