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Clea Walking Down Escalator

Source: 2012 AMC10B Problem #13

February 23, 2012
AMC

Problem Statement

It takes Clea 6060 seconds to walk down an escalator when it is not operating and only 2424 seconds to walk down the escalator when it is operating. How many seconds does it take Clea to ride down the operating escalator when she just stands on it?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 36<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 40<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 42<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 48<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 52 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 36\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 40\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 42\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 48\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 52