Question: A jogging park has two identical circular tracks touching each other, and a rectangular track enclosing the two circles. The edges of the rectangles are
A jogging park has two identical circular tracks touching each other, and a rectangular track enclosing the two circles. The edges of the rectangles are tangential to the circles. Two friends, A and B, start jogging simultaneously from the point where one of the circular tracks touches the smaller side of the rectangular track. A jogs along the rectangular track, while B jogs along the two circular tracks in a figure of eight.
Approximately, how much faster than A does B have to run, so that they take the same time to return to their starting point?
(a) 3.88%
(b) 4.22%
(c) 4.44%
(d) 4.72%
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