SOLUTION: Please help me with this problem? I am so confused on word problems.. Thank you so much. Tom and Cathy decide to run a race. Tom can run at 10 meters per second and Cathy can run a

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Question 209323: Please help me with this problem? I am so confused on word problems.. Thank you so much. Tom and Cathy decide to run a race. Tom can run at 10 meters per second and Cathy can run at 6 meters per second. Tom gives Cathy a 50 meter head start. How long is it before Tom catches Cathy? Type in your numerical answer only (in seconds);
Answer by Alan3354(21608) (Show Source):
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Tom can run at 10 meters per second and Cathy can run at 6 meters per second. Tom gives Cathy a 50 meter head start. How long is it before Tom catches Cathy?
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Tom gains on Cathy at 4 m/sec (10-6). 50 m/4 m/sec = 12.5 seconds.