document.write( "Question 814258: Sam and harry started running at the same time from the opposite ends of the diameter of a circular track .Both of them were running in the clock wise direction.Sam took 12 minutes to run around the track once while Harry took 15 minutes to do the same . How long did Sam take to run past Harry for the first time? \n" ); document.write( "
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Sam and harry started running at the same time from the opposite ends of the diameter of a circular track .
\n" ); document.write( "Both of them were running in the clock wise direction.
\n" ); document.write( "Sam took 12 minutes to run around the track once while Harry took 15 minutes to do the same .
\n" ); document.write( " How long did Sam take to run past Harry for the first time?
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\n" ); document.write( "ONe way to do this just assign a distance around the track, 600 meters
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "600/12 = 50 m/min is Sam's speed
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "600/15 = 40 m/min is Harry's speed
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\n" ); document.write( "When they start they are 300 meters apart (opposite sides of the round track)
\n" ); document.write( "Their relative speed 50 - 40 = 10 m/min
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "t = \"300%2F10\"
\n" ); document.write( "t = 30 minutes for Sam to catch Harry \n" ); document.write( "
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