SOLUTION: in a football game, the quaterback is 15 yards away from making a first down and is running at 264 years per minute. after 0.03 of a minute, a linebacker who is 15 yards on the opp

Question 705762: in a football game, the quaterback is 15 yards away from making a first down and is running at 264 years per minute. after 0.03 of a minute, a linebacker who is 15 yards on the opposite side of the down marker begins running directly towards the quaterback at 440 yards per minute. will the linebacker be able to tackle the quaterback before he gets the first down ?
Answer by Stitch(470) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The quaterback:

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The Linebacker:

Going by the numbers, no the linebacker will not be able to tackle the quarterback in time.
**But in reality these numbers are only fractions of a second different.
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