Runner A starts from a track’s origin at and runs in a straight line at

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Problem

Runner A starts from a track’s origin at

t=0

and runs in a straight line at

4.0\,\text{m\,s}^{-1}

. Runner B starts from the same origin

30\,\text{s}

later, running in the same direction. If runner B catches runner A exactly

200\,\text{s}

after B begins running, what is runner B’s constant speed? (a)

4.5\,\text{m\,s}^{-1}

(b)

4.2\,\text{m\,s}^{-1}

(c)

4.6\,\text{m\,s}^{-1}

(d)

6.1\,\text{m\,s}^{-1}