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Chris runs at a speed of 6 km/hour while Dave runs at 9 km/hour. Since Dave runs 1.5 times faster than Chris, he covers more distance in the same time. When Chris completes 18 laps, Dave runs 27 laps. The calculation confirming this conclusion is accurate.
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Chris runs round a track at a speed of 6 km/hour. Dave runs round the same track in a speed of 9 km/hour. When Chris has run 18 laps, how many laps has Dave run?

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Dave runs 1.5 times faster. So Dave will run 18 laps x 1.5 = 27 laps in the same time.

Is this correct please?
 
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