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Jacob is watching a track meet. When he turns to look, Runner A is 6 meters ahead of Runner B. If Runner A is running at 3 meters per second and Runner B is running at 4 meters per second, how many seconds will it take Runner B to catch up to Runner A?

User Eeqk
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i believe it’s 1.3 seconds
User Ziad
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Answer:

6seconds

Explanation:

calculate relative speed (4-3=1) because they are moving in the same direction, T=distance/relative speed=6/1

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