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Puzzle - Two Runners

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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    jon-nyc
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    Two runners - let’s call them Rich and Klaus - start together on a circular track, running at different but constant speeds. If they head in opposite directions, they meet after a minute; if they head in the same direction, they meet after an hour. What is the ratio of their speeds?

    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
    -Cormac McCarthy

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    • KlausK Offline
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      Klaus
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      Rich is way faster than me than merely a factor of

      ||spoiler||

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      • jon-nycJ Offline
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        jon-nyc
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        Spoiler doesn’t seem to work. I thought it was because you added carriage returns so I removed them but that wasn’t it.

        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
        -Cormac McCarthy

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          jon-nyc
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          #4

          You got the right answer, though. No need to repost it. Gives others the chance.

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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          • taiwan_girlT Offline
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            taiwan_girl
            wrote on last edited by
            #5

            Hmm. Seems interesting. I will think about it (and probably not be able to solve it!!)

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