Howard and Valen started jogging from the same point. Valen started jogging 4 minutes earlier than Howard. Howard's jogging speed was 500 m/min and Valen's jogging speed was 300 m/min. They went in the same direction and did not change their speeds throughout.

1. How long did it take for Howard to catch up with Valen? 
2. What distance would Valen have jogged when Howard caught up with him?  Express your answer in meters.

	Howard	Valen
Speed	500 m/min	300 m/min
Start time		4 min earlier
Extra distance covered at first		1200 m

(a)
Distance that Valen covered when he jogged 4 minutes earlier
= 4 x 300
= 1200 m

Distance that Howard covered more than Valen per min
= 500 - 300
= 200 m

Time that Howard needed to take to cover the additional 1200 m
= 1200 ÷ 200
= 6 min

(b)
Time that Valen would had jogged when Howard caught up with him
= 6 + 4
= 10 min

Distance that Valen would have jogged when Howard caught up with him
= 10 x 300
= 3000 m

Answer(s): (a) 6 min; (b) 3000 m