SOLUTION: A turtle and a rabbit are in a race to see who is first to reach a point 100 feet away. The turtle travels at a constant speed of 20 ft./m for the entire 100 feet. The rabb

Question 1025764: A turtle and a rabbit are in a race to
see who is first to reach a point
100 feet away. The turtle travels at
a constant speed of 20 ft./m for the
entire 100 feet. The rabbit travels
at a constant speed of
40 Feet / minute for the first
50 feet, stops for three minutes,
then continues at a constant
speed of 40 feet / minute for the
last 50 feet. Determine which
animal won the race and by how
much time.
Found 2 solutions by addingup, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
100/20 = 5 is the speed of the turtle
100/40 = 2.5+3 = 5.5 is the time it took the rabbit.
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

A turtle and a rabbit are in a race to see who is first to reach a point 100 feet away. The turtle travels at a constant speed of 20 ft./m for the entire 100 feet. The rabbit travels at a constant speed of 40 Feet / minute for the first
50 feet, stops for three minutes, then continues at a constant speed of 40 feet / minute for the last 50 feet. Determine which animal won the race and by how
much time.

Time turtle took:
Time rabbit took:
You should be able to tell which animal won, and by how much.
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