Burt Math Algebra II

calculator instructions

graph paper

coordinate graph paper

number line

graphs of quadratic functions

graphing a parabola

This page is open to all but is specifically for students of Algebra 2 using the text Algebra 2 by Karen Pilger copyright 2000 by Bob Jones University Press. All links are coordinated with the sections of the listed text. Students are encouraged to make helpful suggestions that would improve the usefulness of this page. If you are attempting the Problem Challenge, be sure to include all your work with the solution.

Two motorcyclists, traveling in opposite directions, pass each other on US Route 302. One is traveling a slow 40 MPH, and the other 55 MPH. An hour later the faster rider turns around and takes off after the slower rider. After one hour of trying to catch up, the faster rider is still far from the other rider. How far apart are the two riders one hour after the faster rider tries to catch the slower rider?

This problem will be changed on a weekly basis as appropriate with the solution being made available the day after a new problem is posted and the old problem is removed.