SOLUTION: Please help me with this word problem: A criminal stole a watch from a store and started running down Deer Street at 50 feet per minute. A police officer started chasing him 5 mi

Question 786920: Please help me with this word problem:
A criminal stole a watch from a store and started running down Deer Street at 50 feet per minute. A police officer started chasing him 5 minutes later. Could he catch the criminal in 10 minutes if he ran 70 feet per minute? Explain Why.
So I need to make an equation, solve it, and explain why he could or could not catch the criminal.
Answer by xinxin(76) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In 10 minutes the police would run 10*70 = 700 feet, at the same time the criminal had ran 50*5 + 50*10 = 750 feet; 750 > 700, therefore the police could not catch the criminal.

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