document.write( "Question 473398: two persons are to run a race,but one can run 10 meters per second, whereas the other can run 6 meters per second. if the slower runner has a 70-meter head start, how long will it be before the faster runner if they began at the same time?
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two persons are to run a race, but one can run 10 meters per second, whereas the other can run 6 meters per second.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let t = time required for the faster runner to overtake the slower
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\n" ); document.write( "Write a distance equation: dist = speed * time
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\n" ); document.write( "10t = 6t + 70
\n" ); document.write( "10t - 6t = 70
\n" ); document.write( "4t = 70
\n" ); document.write( "t = \"70%2F4\"
\n" ); document.write( "t = 17.5 seconds
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\n" ); document.write( "Check this, the faster runner has to cover 70 m more than the slower
\n" ); document.write( "1.75*10 = 175 m
\n" ); document.write( "17.5*6 = 105 m\r
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