document.write( "Question 846937: Two persons are to run a race, but one can run 11 meters per second, whereas the other can run 5 meters per second. If the slower runner has a 87-meter head start, how long will it be before the faster runner catches the slower runner, if they begin at the same time?
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Two persons are to run a race, but one can run 11 meters per second, whereas the other can run 5 meters per second.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let t = time in seconds for this to happen
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\n" ); document.write( "Write a distance equation; dist = speed * time
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\n" ); document.write( "t(11-5) = 87
\n" ); document.write( "6t = 87
\n" ); document.write( "t = 87/6
\n" ); document.write( "t = 14.5 seconds
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\n" ); document.write( "Confirm this; find the distance each ran.
\n" ); document.write( "11 * 14.5 = 159.5 meters
\n" ); document.write( " 5 * 14.5 = 72.5
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\n" ); document.write( "difference: 87 m \n" ); document.write( "
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