Mrs. Espinoza, the P.E. teacher, is pairing off students to race against each other. Abby can run 4 yards per second, and Tom can run 9 yards per second. Mrs. Espinoza decides to give Abby a head start of 15 yards since she runs more slowly. Once the students start running, Tom will quickly catch up to Abby. How far will Tom have to run? How long will that take
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Mrs. Espinoza, the P.E. teacher, is pairing off students to race against each other. Abby can run 4 yards per second, and Tom can run 9 yards per second. Mrs. Espinoza decides to give Abby a head start of 15 yards since she runs more slowly. Once the students start running, Tom will quickly catch up to Abby. How far will Tom have to run? How long will that take
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