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Kipkemboi running at 10m/s starts 5 m ahead of Mutola who is running at 12m/s. How far from Kipkemboi's starting point does Mutola overtake him?...

      

Kipkemboi running at 10m/s starts 5 m ahead of Mutola who is running at 12m/s. How far from Kipkemboi's
starting point does Mutola overtake him?

  

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John
Time taken to overtake = $\frac{5}{12 - 10}$ = 2$\frac{1}{2}$s

Distance from Kipkembois starting point = ($\frac{5}{2} \times 12$) - 5

= 25 m
johnmulu answered the question on November 21, 2017 at 05:51


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