document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=217965>Question 217965</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me, I do not understand this question:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In a motorcycle race, one lap is 650m. Genna starts off 4s after Tom does, but drives 5m/s faster and finishes 2.5s sooner than he does. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Find the speed of each driver<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) Find the time taken by each of them to cover the distance\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans:   Tom: 20.0m/s, 32.5s  Genna: 25.0m/s, 26s\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I read somewhere that Genna's time is t-6.5s. Why is that? She finished 2.5s sooner, not 4 + 2.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THANK YOU SO MUCH!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #164236 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=164236\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> yes, but she started 4 seconds later\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the time difference is the combination of the later start and the earlier finish </SPAN>\n" );
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