Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Chloe on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 10:44am.

Two ants race across a table 65 cm long.
One travels at 5.76 cm/s and the other at
3.99999 cm/s.
When the first one crosses the finish line,
how far behind is the second one?

Physics - bobpursley, Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 12:29pm
distance= relative velocity*time

distance= (5.76-3.99999)time

but time= 65/5.76 seconds.

solve for distance.

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