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joe can run the 440 yard dash in 55 seconds, and Jack can run it in 88 seconds. How great a handicap must joe give Jack for the boys to finish the race at the same time?

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Joe must give Jake a 33 second catch up time period

User Andy Hume
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88-55=33

33 second handicap

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