document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "

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overtaking at 2 mph with .5 mi lead
\n" ); document.write( ".5/2=.25 hrs or 15 min \n" ); document.write( "

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