document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=762203>Question 762203</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Word problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Whitney and Kim are in a bicycle race on a circular track. They start at the same place and travel in the same direction. Whitney completes a revolution every 40 seconds and Kim completes a revolution every 48 seconds. How long will it take them before they reach the starting point again simultaneously?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A couple ways of figuring this out. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The most basic is keep adding each one until they both are the same. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40+40+40+40++40+40=240<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48+48+48+48+48=240<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There we go, in 240 seconds they will both reach the starting point simultaneously.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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