SOLUTION: A runner starts at the beginning of a runners' path and runs at a rate of 6 miles per hour. Five minutes later a second runner begins at the same point, running at a rate of 8 mil
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Question 218139: A runner starts at the beginning of a runners' path and runs at a rate of 6 miles per hour. Five minutes later a second runner begins at the same point, running at a rate of 8 miles per hour and following the same course. How long will it take the second runner to reach the first?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
overtaking at 2 mph with .5 mi lead
.5/2=.25 hrs or 15 min
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