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1996 AHSME Problem 13

Sunny runs at a steady rate, and Moonbeam runs m times as fast, where m is a number greater than 1. If Moonbeam gives Sunny a head start of h meters, how many meters must Moonbeam run to overtake Sunny?

\text{(A)}\ hm\qquad\text{(B)}\ \frac{h}{h+m}\qquad\text{(C)}\ \frac{h}{m-1}\qquad\text{(D)}\ \frac{hm}{m-1}\qquad\text{(E)}\ \frac{h+m}{m-1}


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