You are walking down a straight path in a park and notice there is another perso

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You are walking down a straight path in a park and notice there is another person walking some distance ahead of you. The distance between the two of you remains the same so you deduce that you are walking at the same speed of 1.17 m/s. Suddenly you notice a wallet on the ground. You pick it up and realize it belongs to the person in front of you. To catch up, you start running at a speed of 2.65 m/s. It takes you 12.5 seconds to catch up and deliver the lost wallet. How far ahead of you was this person when you started running?

Explanation / Answer

relative speed = 2.65 - 1.17 = 1.48 m/s

let the distance between them = d

so, d/1.48 = 12.5

d = 18.5 m

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