SOLUTION: Hi James and ben are in a race over a distance of 5 km. James starts and averages 10km per hour. Five minutes later ben starts averages 12km per hour. Who wins. Thanks

Question 1150240: Hi
James and ben are in a race over a distance of 5 km. James starts and averages 10km per hour. Five minutes later ben starts averages 12km per hour. Who wins.
Thanks
Answer by ikleyn(52866) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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James will spend   =  of an hour = 30 minutes to finish.


Ben will spend    of an hour to finish.


     of an hour is  5*5 minutes = 25 minutes.


But since Ben have started five minutes after James, they both will finish SIMULTANEOUSLY.


I do not know who wins, since the formal rules of the competition are not presented in the post.


What I know is that they both will finish SIMULTANEOUSLY.

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