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Two skaters are racing toward the finish line ofba race the first skater has a 40 meter lead and is traveling at a rate of 12 meters per second tje second skater is traveling at a rate of 14 meyers per second how long will it take for the second skater to pass the first skater

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If this question had an answer choice I would say it will take the second skater 20 seconds to pass the first one. If you graph it the graph will tell you this odd fraction 40/2 simplify equals a fair 20. With that being said answer= 20 seconds. 
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