7hours, 57 mtwo cyclists, 84 miles apart, start riding toward each other at the same time. one cycles 2 times as fast as the other. if they meet 4 hours later, what is the speed (in mi/h) of the faster cyclist? a. write an equation using the information as it is given above that can be solved to answer this problem. use the variable r to represent the speed of the slower cyclist. preview b. what is the speed of the faster cyclist? preview mi/hr