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Flossie blew a tire 5 minutes into the second leg, up to that point she had traveled 10 km making her speed 2 km/m. It took 2 minutes to fix her tire. Flossie had to finish within 2 minutes in order to
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Flossie blew a tire 5 minutes into the second leg, up to that point she had traveled 10 km making her speed 2 km/m. It took 2 minutes to fix her tire. Flossie had to finish within 2 minutes in order to stay even with the evil Mabel. If Flossie had 8 km left what speed will she need to win?

Flossie blew a tire 5 minutes into the second leg, up to that point she had traveled-example-1
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4km/m

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She was going at 2km/m, so 2 kilometers per minute. She has 2 minutes therefore she needs to double her rate to 4 kilometers per minute.

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