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1** The last round of this I came up with the answer of 25 miles. WHat do you guys think?
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THis is what I wrote last time: I drew a picture of the horses on the country road and the fly flying back and forth. I noticed that the horses would meet after an hour.(because they are 15 miles apart and one horse travels 8 miles in an hr and the other one travels 7 miles in an hr.) So then i figured out that the fly flies 25 miles in an hr. so that means the fly had flown 25 miles by the time they met. || ** Team member 2 ** How does your explanation show how you got your answer and what relavency does the seven plus eight have? || ** Team member 3 ** For this problem i got 25. I also created a chart just like team member 4. Since i knew the horses were 15 miles apart. Since horse 1 was at 8 and horse 2 was at 7. And i knew that the fly could fly 25 miles in an hour. So in the end the fly had flown 25 miles by the time the two horses met. How did u create a chart thats very interesting was of solving it? || ** Team member 4 **  I agree with 25 miles as the answer. If the two horses will meet in 1 hour, and the fly is flying 25 miles per hour, then the fly is gonna fly 25 miles in that 1 hour. Yeah, I think that makes sense. The 7 + 8 was probably 7x + 8x = 15. Now, how can we justify that the answer is 25? || 5** || **Team member 6** I think the fly flew 20.9 miles. I kept track of how each thing moved and got this answer but I'm not sure. I feel the answer is right there in front of me and I can't see it. I kept moving everything at half hour intervals so its not right on top of each other. I think if you slowed the process the problem would be easier to do. || **Team member 7** || **Team member 8** ||
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8t + 7t = 15 t = 1 time = 1 hour
 *  || Rate || Time || <span style="color: #0e90f6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Distance ||
 * <span style="color: #0e90f6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Horse 1 || <span style="color: #0e90f6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">8 mph || <span style="color: #0e90f6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">t || <span style="color: #0e90f6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">8t ||
 * <span style="color: #0e90f6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Horse 2 || <span style="color: #0e90f6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">7 mph || <span style="color: #0e90f6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">t || <span style="color: #0e90f6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">7t ||
 * <span style="color: #0e90f6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Total || <span style="color: #0e90f6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="color: #0e90f6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="color: #0e90f6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">15 miles ||

Two horses approach each other along the same country road, one walking at 8 mph, and the other at 7 mph. When the horses are 15 miles apart, a horsefly leaves one horse and flies at 25 mph towards the other. No sooner does the fly reach that horse than it turns around (losing no time on the turn) and returns to the first horse. If the fly continues to fly back and forth between the approaching horses, how far has the fly flow when the horses meet?
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How har has the fly flown when the horses meet?
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The fly has flown 25 miles by the time the horses meet. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I drew a picture of the two horses on the country road and the fly flying back and forth. I noticted also noticed that the horses would meet after an hour.(because they are 15 miles apart and one horse travels 8 miles in an hour and the other one travels 7miles in an hr. <span style="color: #0b0aff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">So, 8 miles plus 7 miles would be 15 miles, which was what they began with. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> So then i figured out that the fly flies 25 miles in an hr. so that means the fly had flown 25 miles by the time they met. <span style="background-color: #1a2dff; color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">-I need to add more to this. Maybe someone else could add something. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4864ea; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I made a rate*time=distance chart (see above). I found out it would take the horses 1 hour to meet. Meanwhile, the fly is flying 25 miles per hour. So, the fly flies 25 miles in that 1 hour.
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