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1 ** Not Sure. || ** Team member 2 ** Not sure. || ** Team member 3 ** Not exactly sure || ** Team member 4 ** || I think that part of the answer might be that the fly has flown 50 miles before the horses meet. I made the rate*time=distance chart to figure out how long it would take the horses to meet. I got 1 hour and since the fly flies at 25 miles per hour, it flew 25 miles from one horse to the other. Then since the fly flies back and forth, I muliplied 25 by 2 because the fly would take two trips. I'm still not sure that's that answer though. The fly flies back and forth more than once, I think. __I was also thinking about how the distance between the horses would get smaller as they walked towards eachother.__ Any ideas? I have to think about this some more. || I think the answer is 22 miles. || ​ I think the answer is 25 but im nt completely sure yet || || 
 * ** Team member
 * || Rate || Time || Distance ||
 * Horse 1 || 8 mph || t || 8t ||
 * Horse 2 || 7 mph || t || 7t ||
 * Total ||  ||   || 15 miles ||

8t + 7t = 15 15t = 15 t = 1 time = 1 hour



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 flown when the horses meet?  How far has the fly flown when the horses meet?
 * // 1 point //**** State ** what the problem is looking for.

The answer is 22 miles. You need to draw a picture of what everyones doing because theirs so much information. //I drew a picture because it was the easiest way of representing it. I drew the movements of each thing on top of each other so its easier to see instead of being all jumbled together. I then drew both horses moves for the first hour. I put horse number 1 a little more then half of the 15 miles which was 8. Horse 1 was moving at a rate of 8 mph. Then I drew horse 2 a little less then half. Horse 2 was moving at a rate of 7 miles per hour. Next I graphed the horsefly in to my picture. The fly went the whole first 15 miles then turned around and went the next 7 miles. The fly didn't go for 10 more miles because horse 1 was there and so was horse 2. The fly flew for 22 miles.//
 * // 2 points //****Answer** the problem correctly.
 * // 5 points //****Explain the process** you used to solve the problem.

Draw a line down the where the two horses meet and thats how its right. The fly and the two horses are all there.
 * // 2 points //**** Justify ** your answer.