SOLUTION: 2 runners are running a track one runner runs it in 24 min, the other runner in 36 minutes when will they both be at the same spot?
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Question 317219: 2 runners are running a track one runner runs it in 24 min, the other runner in 36 minutes when will they both be at the same spot?
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2 runners are running a track one runner runs it in 24 min,
the other runner in 36 minutes when will they both be at the same spot?
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Prime factor both values
24: 2*2*2*3
36: 2*2*3*3
LCM 2*2*2*3*3 = 72 minutes
:
one runner completes 3 laps
one runner completes 2 laps
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the LCD for 24 & 36
12*2=24
12*3=36
12*2*3=72 is the LCM.
Thus in 72 minutes they will meet.
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