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In a 100100 meter track event, Alice runs at a constant speed and crosses the finish line 55 seconds before Beatrice does. If it took Beatrice 2525 seconds to complete the race, how many seconds would it take Alice to run 5050 meters?
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In a 100 meter track event, Alice runs at a constant speed and crosses the finish line 5 seconds before Beatrice does. If it took Beatrice 25 seconds to complete the race, how many seconds would it take Alice to run 50 meters?
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In a $100$ meter track event, Alice runs at a constant speed and crosses the finish line $5$ seconds before Beatrice does. If it took Beatrice $25$ seconds to complete the race, how many seconds would it take Alice to run $50$ meters?

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Algebra

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