SOLUTION: If two runners start at the same time from opposite ends of a course that is 20 miles long, one goes at 8mph and one goes at 12mph, how long after they begin will they meet?

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Question 375584: If two runners start at the same time from opposite ends of a course that is 20 miles long, one goes at 8mph and one goes at 12mph, how long after they begin will they meet?
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