document.write( "Question 1085194: Luigi rides his bike to school and forgets his lunch. 10 min after he leaves the house, his
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document.write( "Let t = \"How long until the mother catches up\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "The numerator  is the distance between them when mother started move.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The denominator is their relative speed, in miles per minute.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, t =  = 10 minutes.\r\n" );
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