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Two runners start simultaneously from the same point on a circular 200-m track and run in opposite directions. One runs at a constant speed of 6.20 m/s, and the other runs at a constant speed of 5.50 m/s. When they first meet, (a) for how long a time will they have been running, and (b) how far will each one have run along the track?

Name: two runners start simultaneously from the same point on a circular 200 m track and run in opposite directions one runs at a constant speed of 620 ms and the other runs at a constant speed of 19052
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          Two runners start simultaneously from the same point on a circular 200-m track and run in 
opposite directions. One runs at a constant speed of 6.20 m/s, and the other runs at a constant 
speed of 5.50 m/s. When they first meet, 
(a) for how long a time will they have been running, and 
(b) how far will each one have run along the track?

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Two runners start simultaneously from the same point on a circular 200-m track and run in opposite directions. One runs at a constant speed of 6.20 m/s, and the other runs at a constant speed of 5.50 m/s. When they first meet, (a) for how long a time will they have been running, and (b) how far will each one have run along the track?