SOLUTION: Two friends lived in a small cabin by the lake. They are both expert runners, and they both ran exactly at the same speed. However, when the first friend ran around the lake she co
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Question 1157268: Two friends lived in a small cabin by the lake. They are both expert runners, and they both ran exactly at the same speed. However, when the first friend ran around the lake she covered the distance in one hour and 20 minutes; when the second friend ran around the lake in the opposite direction of the first friend, she covered the distance in only 80 minutes. How is that possible?