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Question 1201008: charles and paul enter the center point - comfort hill country run. charles run at 8mi/h and paul at 6mi/h. if they start together, how long before charles is 1/4 mi ahead of pual?
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Charles and Paul enter the center point - comfort hill country run. Charles run at 8mi/h and Paul at 6mi/h.
if they start together, how long before Charles is 1/4 mi ahead of Paul?
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The rate of separation between them is 8 mph - 6 mph = 2 mph.


So, they will be at the distance of 1/4 miles at  %28%281%2F4%29%29%2F2 = 1%2F8 of an hour, which is 7.5 minutes.    ANSWER

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