document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=7758>Question 7758</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Runner A is initially 1.0 mi west of a flagpole and is running with a constant velocity of 2.0 mi/h due east. Runner B is initially 3.0 mi east of the flagpole and is running with a constant velocity of 5.0 mi/h due west. How far are the runners from the flagpole when they meet?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4mi=7t\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t=4/7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t=.5714 (not right answer) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "OK. Distance that runner A travels at time t is 2t. Distance that runner B travels is 5t. 2t + 5t = 4 miles. so 7t = 4, tthen t = 4/7 of an hour. They will meet after 4/7 of an hour, or roughly after 34 minutes. But let's stick with 4/7 hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We're not done yet. How far from where runner A started did they meet? We'll have to plug in the 4/7 to the 2t. That gives us 8/7, or 1 1/7 of a mile. If runner A was 1 mile from the flagpole to begin with, and meets runner B 1 1/7 mile after he passed the flagpole, then they would be 1/7 of a mile away from the flagpole at the exact time they meet. </SPAN>\n" );
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