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If a cheetah runs 70 mph on a 100 meter track, and a lion runs 50 mph, how long would the track have to be so they finish at the same time?

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The track for the lion would have to be 71 meters so they both could finish at the same time. I did this by dividing 100 by 70 and multiplying that answer by 50
User Aliaksei Maniuk
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It'll never happen unless they are running on a globe. You could have those two running forever in a straight line and the cheetah will always be ahead of the lion. The longer they go, the more the distance between them.
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