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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 were warned.

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    • KlausK Online
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      Klaus
      wrote on last edited by Klaus
      #2

      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 were warned.

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          #4

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

          You were warned.

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          • taiwan_girlT Offline
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            #5

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

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