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A Lion runs 50 miles per hour in pursuit of a zebra running at 40 miles per hour. If the initial distance between them was a quarter of a mile, how long will it take for the lion to catch the zebra?
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document.write( "The lion is approaching the zebra at the rate of 50-40 or 10 mph.\r\n" );
document.write( "10 mph is:\r\n" );
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document.write( "10  miles per   1 hour, which is\r\n" );
document.write( "10  miles per  60 minutes, which is\r\n" );
document.write( " 1  mile  per   6 minutes, which is\r\n" );
document.write( "1/4 mile  per 6/4 minutes, which is\r\n" );
document.write( "1/4 mile  per 1.5 minutes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 1.5 minutes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The other tutor says a lion cannot run 50 mph.  According to this\r\n" );
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document.write( "http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004737.html\r\n" );
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document.write( "a lion can run 50mph and a zebra can run 40mph,\r\n" );
document.write( "just as this problem states. \r\n" );
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