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Mike and Josh's bike ride

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November 7, 2005

Problem Statement

Josh and Mike live 13 miles apart. Yesterday, Josh started to ride his bicycle toward Mike's house. A little later Mike started to ride his bicycle toward Josh's house. When they met, Josh had ridden for twice the length of time as Mike and at four-fifths of Mike's rate. How many miles had Mike ridden when they met? <spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 4<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 5<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 6<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 7<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 8 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 4\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 5\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 6\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 7\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 8