SOLUTION: Sherman is chasing his pet frog Cyrus, Sherman takes 2 steps while Cyrus makes 3 jumps, but Sherman's steps are twice as long as the frog jumps. The frog had 10 jumps before Sherma

Question 329031: Sherman is chasing his pet frog Cyrus, Sherman takes 2 steps while Cyrus makes 3 jumps, but Sherman's steps are twice as long as the frog jumps. The frog had 10 jumps before Sherman noticed and started chasing him. How many jumps will Gyrus make before Sherman catches him?
Answer by galactus(183) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = the number of jumps the frg makes after the initial 10.
Then, we have

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