Question

Josh has been running for 6 min and completes a lap in 7 min. Gabe has been running for 2 min and completes a lap in 9 min.

How many more laps must Josh and Gabe complete to have run the same amount of time?

Answer 1

@_alex_urena_

Answer 2

tbh idk, i hate word problems

Answer 3

Same :/ @DanJS

Answer 4

@vera_ewing

Answer 5

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 6

Help someone ;_;

Answer 7

I'm reading/thinking it over. One sec

Answer 8

I gtg eat back in 45

Answer 9

oh I'm not thinking, but the info about how much time they have taken so far is irrelevant

the LCM of 7 and 9 is 63, so that's the total time they each run is 63 min (when their two times are equal)

Josh will run 63/7 = 9 laps while Gabe will run 63/9 = 7 laps