document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=40593>Question 40593</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Call Betty as B, Isabel as I and so on.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a horizontal straight line and mark any point on it and name it U (as the name of Ursula features twice in the problem). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is the position of Ursula. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Assume all the runners are going left to right. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now mark the point B to the left of U as Bethy finished behind Ursula. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance between B and U is 30 cm (12 in = 30 cm).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In the same way mark the points A and L and note their distances from U and A are 7.5 cm and 500 cm respectively.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Nothing is mentioned about Isabel. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So assume that she is neither first nor last.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From the figure you draw it is clear that U is first and L is last.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find from the figure, distance between U and L = 507.5 cm.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "As C finished half way between the first and last person, so mark C on the figure as the mid-point of the line segment UL.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note: LC = UC = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=507.5%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"507.5%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 253.75 cm.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Forget about Isabel.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Look at the figure and you will be able to tell that U finished first, then A, then B, then C and then L at last.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance between two women is the length between the points marked with the first letters of their names.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note AU = 7.5 cm, AB = 22.5 cm, BC = 223.75 cm and BL = 253.85 cm.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Well, no comment on Isabel unless any further data is given. </SPAN>\n" );
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