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document.write( "John and Lester were cycling towards the finish line. 15km from the end John passed Lester. John reached the end 45 minutes earlier than Lester who was still 9km from the end. What was John's speed after overtaking Lester. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Let John’s speed be S km/h\r\n" );
document.write( "Then after overtaking Lester, he traveled 15 miles to the end, thereby taking  to do so \r\n" );
document.write( "Since Lester was 9 km from the end when John completed the remaining 15 km, then Lester \r\n" );
document.write( "completed 6 (15 - 9) km in the time  it took John to go 15 km\r\n" );
document.write( "So, Lester’s speed =  km/h\r\n" );
document.write( "As Lester took 45 minutes () to complete the last 9 km, we get the following\r\n" );
document.write( "DISTANCE equation for Lester: \r\n" );
document.write( "                                      3S = 90 ----- Cross-multiplying  \r\n" );
document.write( "                     John’s speed, or

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