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Question 1055231: Would you please solve the below problem?
Two old RSM students were standing twenty feet apart when they spotted Mrs. Rifkin. If they immediately ran in opposite directions with speeds of 180 feet per minute and 120 feet per minute respectively, how many minutes would pass before they were 2,420 feet apart?

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Would you please solve the below problem?
Two old RSM students were standing twenty feet apart when they spotted Mrs. Rifkin. If they immediately ran in opposite directions with speeds of 180 feet per minute and 120 feet per minute respectively, how many minutes would pass before they were 2,420 feet apart?
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The problem has two solutions, depending on directions the student ran.