Question

Two students are standing 20ft apart and spot Mrs. Rose. If they immediately run opposite directions with speeds of 300ft/min and 200ft/min, how many minutes will pass until they are 3,000ft apart?

Answer 1

They would be separating at 500 ft/min

time to go 3000 ft at that speed

= 3000/500 min

or

= 6 minutes

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