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Kyral
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Kyral asked in Education & ReferenceHomework Help · 1 decade ago

2 cars travel around a track, 1takes 6 seconds + the other takes 6 and 1/2 seconds.?

If they start together how long will it be before they are again side by side?

How is this worked out? would it be 1min 12 secs?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I think that if one car is half a second slower than the other then it's going to take 13 laps to make up the deficit, so 6 times 13 is 78 seconds, which is 1 minute 18 seconds. But I may be wrong. It may be I have to include the first lap, in which case my answer is the same as yours.

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