document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=905576>Question 905576</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you are walking from your physics class at a speed of 1.0 m/s.  your friend leaves two minutes later at the rate of 1.3 m/s.  how long will it take you friend to catch up to you? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Gaining speed 1.3 -1= 0.3 m/s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Headstart 1*120 =120 meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time to catch up 120/0.3=400.0 sec<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Algebraic solution<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1(t+120)=1.3t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1t+120=1.3t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120=1.3t-1t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120=0.3t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=400.0  sec<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=400/60=6 2/3 minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance to meeting 400.0*1.3=520 meters\r<BR>\n" );
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