SOLUTION: A dog and a cat are sitting next to each other on the sidewalk. Suddenly they rember they are enemies and they run off in opposite directions. If the dog runs at 225 feet per minut

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Question 1002996: A dog and a cat are sitting next to each other on the sidewalk. Suddenly they rember they are enemies and they run off in opposite directions. If the dog runs at 225 feet per minute and the cat runs at 185 feet per minute, how many minutes will it take until they are 2870 feet apart
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Their combined speed is 410 feet/second away from each other
2870 feet/410 feet/second =7 seconds.

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