Karen and Ricardo are 279 miles apart driving towards each on the same route. Karen drives at a speed of 59 miles per hour and Ricardo drives at a speed of 65 miles per hour. In how many hours will they meet?

They will meet in 2.25 hours or 2 hours 15 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

At any point in time;

distance = speed * time

Let the number of hours at which they meet be x

In x hours, the distance traveled by Karen will be 59 * x = 59x miles

In same x hours, the distance traveled by Ricardo will be 65 * x = 65x miles

Since they are traveling in opposite directions, the distance traveled at that time by Karen will be less than what Ricardo has traveled since he is traveling at a greater speed

However, the sum of whatever they have traveled will be equal to the distance between them

thus;

59x + 65x = 279

124x = 279

x = 279/124

x = 2.25 hours

step-by-step explanation:

use pothagarean therom

a^2+b^2=c^2 so first ac

acm is a right triangle because c= 90°

and am (the hypotenuse or c) =16+9 =25

but there is not enough info we need another angle or side length