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Each lap Bonnie runs, Annie runs another quarter lap, so Bonnie will run four laps before she is overtaken.  That means Annie will have run <math>\boxed{5 }</math> laps.
 
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Annie and Bonnie are running laps around a $400$-meter oval track. They started together, but Annie has pulled ahead, because she runs $25\%$ faster than Bonnie. How many laps will Annie have run when she first passes Bonnie?

$\textbf{(A) }1\dfrac{1}{4}\qquad\textbf{(B) }3\dfrac{1}{3}\qquad\textbf{(C) }4\qquad\textbf{(D) }5\qquad \textbf{(E) }25$

Solution

Each lap Bonnie runs, Annie runs another quarter lap, so Bonnie will run four laps before she is overtaken. That means Annie will have run $\boxed{5 }$ laps.

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