1. thomas bikes at a rate of 24 mi in 3 h. thomas’s friend de’monte bikes 9.5 mi each hour. de’monte and thomas are 105 mi apart and are biking towards each other. how long will the boys bike before they meet? how many miles will each boy have biked when they meet? explain how to solve this problem one way—e. g., using a table, a diagram, a graph, equations, or words.   2. three girls are preparing information packets about an upcoming fundraiser event. • nicole prepared 270 packets in 45 min. • hillary prepared 450 packets in 1.5 h. • mckenzie prepared 280 packets in 1 h and 10 min. (a) who works the fastest? explain how you solved this problem. (b) each girl worked another 2 h at her same rate. who made the most packets that day? explain how you solved this problem.