Posted by kris on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 12:55am.
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Write equations for distances travelled vs time for each animal. Assume the hare pauses once, for 60 seconds, during the race.
Set the distance travelled by the tortoise (X1) equal to the distance travelled by the hare (X2) PLUS 0.3 meters.
X1 = 0.12 t meters
X2 = 2.4 (t - 60)
X1 - X2 = 0.12t -2.4t + 144 = 0.3
Solve for t.
143.7 = 2.28 t
t = 63.026 seconds
Using that t, compute X1(t)
X1 = 7.563 m
X2 = 7.263 m
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