Answer:
40 s
Explanation:
After 10 seconds, the first skater would have a 8m/s * 10s = 80 m head start
Let t be the number of seconds after the second skater starts will the second skater overtake the first skater
The distance traveled by the first skater after t seconds is
Similarly the distance traveled by the 2nd skater after t seconds is
Since the 2nd skater catches up to the 1st one after 80 m behind, the distance traveled by the 2nd one must be 80m greater than the distance of the 1st skater
We can substitute