Boris is playing on the mall escalators. One escalator goes up, one goes down, and one is out of service; otherwise, they're all identical. The up and down escalators go at the same speed.

Boris can run up the up escalator in $6$ seconds. He can run up the down escalator in $30$ seconds. How long does it take him to run up the out-of-service escalator? Explain your answer.
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Boris is playing on the mall escalators. One escalator goes up, one goes down, and one is out of service; otherwise, they're all identical. The up and down escalators go at the same speed.

Boris can run up the up escalator in $6$ seconds. He can run up the down escalator in $30$ seconds. How long does it take him to run up the out-of-service escalator? Explain your answer.
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mazmaz1 · Answer

he down escalator is the one that is out of order

anonymous · Answer

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