document.write( "Question 408091: Jack and Tim were standing in the main street. The distance between the boys was x metres. At the same moment the boys started to move. Jack was running at a m/s and Tim walked at b m/s.
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Jack and Tim were standing in the main street. The distance between the boys was x metres.
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\n" ); document.write( "time = dist/speed
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\n" ); document.write( "a) they moved towards each other,
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\n" ); document.write( "b) they moved in the same direction, walker in front.
\n" ); document.write( "time = \"x%2F%28%28a-b%29%29\"
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