SOLUTION: A long distance runner starts at the beginning of a trail and runs at a rate of 6 miles per hour. One hour later, a cyclist starts at the beginning of the trail and travels at a ra
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Question 1110505: A long distance runner starts at the beginning of a trail and runs at a rate of 6 miles per hour. One hour later, a cyclist starts at the beginning of the trail and travels at a rate of 14 miles per hour. What is the amount of time that the cyclist travels before overtaking the runner? Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
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beatriz and ashley are running a 200-meter race. Beatriz is running at an average speed of 7.5 meters per second, while ashley is runnig at an average speed of 7.8. However ashley started running 1 second after beatriz started. How long will it take ashley to catch up with beatriz?
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B is 7.5 meters ahead when A starts.
A gains on B at 7.8-7.5 = 0.3 m/sec
7.5/0.3 = 25 seconds
