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Subject:   RE: Overtake Problem
Author: rfant
Date: Jan 17 2009
The coach knows his/her runners and knows that the girl is faster (rate of 3),
than the boy (rate of 2).

Coach wants to accomplish two things, 1) encourage the boy to compete, and 2)
push the girl to improve.

If they are going to have a reasonable race (at the end), what "head-start"
does the boy need to be given so that they finish at the same time (or extremely
close)?
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