document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1127533>Question 1127533</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Qui-Gon Jinn can run 1 km/hr faster than Mace Windu. Qui-Gon can run 20 km in the same time that it takes Mace to run 18 km. Find the speed of each Jedi. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This is a problem that you can solve mentally and quickly with a very few very simple calculations, using ratios.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Qui-Gon can run 20km in the same time Mace runs 18km.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the times are the same, the ratio of their speeds is 20:18, or 10:9.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The problem says Qui-Gon's speed is 1km/hr faster than Mace's; the ratio of 10:9 then means that the two speeds are 10km/hr and 9km/hr. </SPAN>\n" );
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