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Bikers Meeting on Straight Road

1800SpecialistAlgebraSequences & Series

Berkeley Math Circle Monthly Contest 8

Two bikers, Bill and Sal, simultaneously set off from one end of a straight road. Neither biker moves at a constant rate, but each continues biking until he reaches one end of the road, at which he instantaneously turns around. When they meet at the opposite end from where they started, Bill has traveled the length of the road eleven times and Sal seven times. Find the number of times the bikers passed each other moving in opposite directions.
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