SOLUTION: Michelle and Thea are running in the Fun Run. Michelle runs at 7 kilometers per hour and Thea at 5 kilometer per hour. If they start at the same time, how long will it be before M

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Question 1189851: Michelle and Thea are running in the Fun Run. Michelle runs at 7 kilometers per hour and Thea at 5 kilometer per hour. If they start at the same time, how long will it be before Michelle is one-fourth kilometer ahead of Thea?
Found 2 solutions by mananth, ikleyn:
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Michelle is 2 km ahaed every 2 hours
let her be 1/4 km after x hours
x= (1/4)/2
x=1/8 hour =7 .5 minutes

Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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