document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=360056>Question 360056</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You run at 6 mph.  Your Dad leaves 15 min after you and runs at 9 mph.  How long before he catches you?  How far have each of you run? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "you 6mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dad 9mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in 1/4 hour you run 1/4 *6 =3/2 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since both are running in same direction <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the effective speed = 9-6 = 3mph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = d/r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=3/2 / 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=3/2 *1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t= 1/2 hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dad catches up after 1/2 hour<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in 1/2 hour you have run 1/2 * 6 = 3 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dad has run 1/2 * 9 = 4.5 miles<BR>\n" );
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