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9*1/4=9/4 miles Timothy ran before his mom started

36-9=27m/h is a rate to achieve Timothy

9/4:27=1/12 h is a time mom will run

36*1/12=3 miles mom need to run

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Timothy leaves home for school, riding his bicycle at a rate of 9 miles per hour. Fifteen minutes after he leaves, his mother sees Timothy’s math homework lying on his bed and immediately leaves home to bring it to him. If his mother drives at 36 miles per hour, how far (in terms of miles) must she drive before she reaches Timothy?

A) 1/3
B) 3
C) 4
D) 9
E) 12

I think is a 700 level problem but I tag it as 600/700, let me know. Either way I hope in an explanation :) Thanks

This is a simple relative speed question. Here is a video on when to use relative speed: https://youtu.be/wrYxeZ2WsEM


Distance Timothy covers in 15 mins i.e. 1/4 hours = Rate*Time = 9/4 miles
Time taken by mom to meet him = Distance/Relative Speed = (9/4)/(36 - 9) = 1/12 hours
Distance traveled by mom in this time = 36 * (1/12) = 3 miles
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In Time, Speed and Distance problems, it's a good idea to draw a rough diagram to visualize the given information.



Let the distance between the Home and the Point of Meeting be D miles. The question asks us to find the value of D.

As per the question, Timothy's mother left home 15 minutes after he did. But they both reached the Point of Meeting at the same time.

This means,

(Time taken by Timothy's mother to cover D miles) = (Time taken by Timothy to cover D miles) - (15 minutes)

Now, \(Time = \frac{Distance}{Speed}\)

So, the above equation becomes:

\(\frac{D}{36} = \frac{D}{9} - \frac{15}{60}\)

Upon solving this, we get, D = 3 miles

One important point to be careful of in Distance and Speed questions is: Use the same units for a particular quantity throughout the question. By this I mean, if the speed is expressed in miles per hour and travel time/ difference between time taken by 2 people is given in minutes, then you must remember to either convert the time from minutes to hours or convert the speed from miles per hours to miles per minutes. Throughout the question, you should use only one unit for time.

Hope this helped! :)

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Timothy leaves home for school, riding his bicycle at a rate of 9 miles per hour. Fifteen minutes after he leaves, his mother sees Timothy’s math homework lying on his bed and immediately leaves home to bring it to him. If his mother drives at 36 miles per hour, how far (in terms of miles) must she drive before she reaches Timothy?

A) 1/3
B) 3
C) 4
D) 9
E) 12

I think is a 700 level problem but I tag it as 600/700, let me know. Either way I hope in an explanation :) Thanks

In 15 mins, Timothy travels=9/4 miles.
Now, let his mother takes x hours to reach him, traveling at 36mph.
So, 36x=9x+9/4
x=1/12 hrs.
Thus, the distance traveled by his mother to reach= 36*1/12=3 miles. Ans B
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36t=9(t+1/4)
t=1/12 hour
1/12*36=3 miles
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3) Tim’s rate = 9miles/hr
Fifteen minutes later, mom leaves at rate of 36 miles/hr. Distance mom drives to reach Tim?
D R T
Tim 9 x
Mom 36 x-1/4

Distance is the same because mom is "catching up" to Tim. Set distances equal to each other.
• 9x = 36(x-1/4)
• 9x = 36x – 9 → 9 = 27x → x = 1/3 hours

Mom's time is (x- 1/4) or (1/3 - 1/4) = 1/12 hours.

Distance = (36 miles/hour)(1/12 hours) = 3 miles.

Answer: B
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Timothy leaves home for school, riding his bicycle at a rate of 9 miles per hour. Fifteen minutes after he leaves, his mother sees Timothy’s math homework lying on his bed and immediately leaves home to bring it to him. If his mother drives at 36 miles per hour, how far (in terms of miles) must she drive before she reaches Timothy?

A) 1/3
B) 3
C) 4
D) 9
E) 12

I think is a 700 level problem but I tag it as 600/700, let me know. Either way I hope in an explanation :) Thanks

This is an 600-700 level question.

\(15minutes = \frac{15}{60}hour=\frac{1}{4}hour\)

When Timothy's mother starts driving, Timothy has traveled:
\(\frac{1}{4}\times 9=\frac{9}{4}miles\)

Now, Timothy's speed is 9 miles/hour and Timothy's mother's speed is 36 miles/hour, hence Timothy's mother travels faster than Timothy \(36-9=27\) miles each hour.

At the first time, Timothy's mother is 9/4 miles far away from Timothy.

Hence, the time that Timothy's mother needs to catch up Timothy is:
\(\frac{\frac{9}{4}}{36-9}=\frac{\frac{9}{4}}{27} =\frac{1}{12} hour\)

This means Timothy's mother must drive:
\(\frac{1}{12}\times 36=3 miles\)

The answer is B
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Timothy leaves home for school, riding his bicycle at a rate of 9 miles per hour. Fifteen minutes after he leaves, his mother sees Timothy’s math homework lying on his bed and immediately leaves home to bring it to him. If his mother drives at 36 miles per hour, how far (in terms of miles) must she drive before she reaches Timothy?

A) 1/3
B) 3
C) 4
D) 9
E) 12

I think is a 700 level problem but I tag it as 600/700, let me know. Either way I hope in an explanation :) Thanks

T covers 9/4 miles before his mom starts.

So the time is 9/4* 1/27= 1/12 hr.(27 is the relative speed)

Distance Timothy's mom has to cover = 36 * 1/12 = 3 miles.

Hence Ans:B
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So, Timothy has a 15 minute advantage over his mother, which translates into being 9/4 miles ahead, since he's riding his bycicle at 9 mph.

His mother leaves their home at 36 mph, as it is said. This means she covers 9 miles per 15 minutes.

Let T be the amount of periods of 15 minutes:

\((9/4)*T + 9/4 = (36/4)*T\)

\(T = 1/3\)

So, Timothy will be caught 5 minutes after his mother has left their home.

5 minutes are 1/12 of 1 hour, so his mother will catch him after having driven for 3 miles.
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Timothy leaves home for school, riding his bicycle at a rate of 9 miles per hour. Fifteen minutes after he leaves, his mother sees Timothy’s math homework lying on his bed and immediately leaves home to bring it to him. If his mother drives at 36 miles per hour, how far (in terms of miles) must she drive before she reaches Timothy?

A) 1/3
B) 3
C) 4
D) 9
E) 12

We can let the time, in hours, of Tim’s mother = t, and thus Tim’s time = t + 1/4. Using the formula distance = rate x time, we see that Tim’s distance is 9(t + 1/4) = 9t + 9/4 and his mother’s distance is 36t, and thus:

9t + 9/4 = 36t

9/4 = 27t

9 = 108t

9/108 = t

1/12 = t

Thus, Tim’s mother drives 36 x 1/12 = 3 miles before she reaches him.

Answer: B
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Timothy leaves home for school, riding his bicycle at a rate of 9 miles per hour. Fifteen minutes after he leaves, his mother sees Timothy’s math homework lying on his bed and immediately leaves home to bring it to him. If his mother drives at 36 miles per hour, how far (in terms of miles) must she drive before she reaches Timothy?

A) 1/3
B) 3
C) 4
D) 9
E) 12

T pedals 9/4 miles in 1/4 hour
M gains 27 mph on T
(9/4)/27=1/12 hour for M to catch T
(1/12 hour)(36 mph)=3 miles
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Chase has a headstart of 9.(1/4)=9/4 miles

Let x represent the time it takes his mum to catch up to him.

36.x=9.x+9/4

x=1/12 hour

at 36 mph, his mum will catch up with him at 36/12=3 miles.

I think this is a low 600's question.
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