SOLUTION: Please help me solve this word problem: Two runners start out from the same spot on an oval track which is 1/4 mile around. If one runner runs at 6 mph and the other runs at 8 m

Question 776120: Please help me solve this word problem:
Two runners start out from the same spot on an oval track which is 1/4 mile around. If one runner runs at 6 mph and the other runs at 8 mph and they run in the same direction, when will the faster runner be one lap ahead of the slower runner?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two runners start out from the same spot on an oval track which is 1/4 mile around. If one runner runs at 6 mph and the other runs at 8 mph and they run in the same direction, when will the faster runner be one lap ahead of the slower runner?
--------------
One lap = 1/4 mile
The difference in speed = 2 mi/hr
----
d = r*t
t = d/r = (1/4)/2 = 1/8 hour
----
check:
8 mi/hr*(1/8) hr = 1 mile
6 mi/hr*(1/8) hr = 3/4 mile
1/4 mile apart.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Two long distance runners start from the same point on a quarter-mile oval track. Alex... (answered by josgarithmetic,ikleyn)

Please help solve this problem: The Pioneer High track coach has a group of nine... (answered by stanbon)

Two runners start running at the same time from start/finish line of a 400 meter oval... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

Two runners start running at the same time from the start/finish line of a 400 meter oval (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

Need help solving a word problem with drawing a diagram and a table. Olimpiada... (answered by psbhowmick)

Can you please help me solve this word problem, I have tried multiple times and cannot... (answered by Edwin McCravy)

Hi, I can't solve this word problem involving right triangles: "A surveyor finds that... (answered by josmiceli)

Can you please help me with this problem:Olimpiada Ivanova, a world-record holding... (answered by mananth)

Please help me out Solve the word problem The Central Pacific Company laid an average (answered by stanbon)