Problem: and travel around a circular track at uniform speeds in opposite directions, starting from diametrically opposite points. If they start at the same time, meet first after has travelled yards, and meet a second time yards before completes one lap, then the circumference of the track in yards is
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Let be the circumference. The ratio of the distances travelled by and remains constant because their speeds are uniform. Therefore so that and the circumference is yards.