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GSM8K train #679 · Arithmetic · Ratio & rate

Belinda can throw a ball at a speed of 20 feet/second

Belinda can throw a ball at a speed of 20 feet/second. If the ball flies for 8 seconds before hitting the ground, and Belinda's border collie can run 5 feet/second, how many seconds will it take the border collie to catch up to the ball?

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GSM8K — Grade School Math 8K (Cobbe et al., OpenAI, 2021) · train #679

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