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AQuA-RAT train #18290 · Arithmetic · Ratio & rate

P cycles at a speed of 4 m/s for the first 8…

P cycles at a speed of 4 m/s for the first 8 seconds, 5 m/s for the next 8 seconds, 6 m/s for the next 8 and so on. Q cycles at a constant speed of 6.5 m/s throughout. If P and Q had to cycle for a 400 m race, how much lead in terms of distance, can P give Q and still finish at the same time as Q?

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AQuA-RAT — Algebra Question Answering with Rationales (Ling et al., DeepMind, 2017) · train #18290

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