document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=737411>Question 737411</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A lemming runs from a point A to a cliff at 4m/s,jumps over the edge at B and falls at C at an average speed of 25 m/s,if the total distance from A to C is 500 metres and the time taken for the journey is 41 seconds,find the height Bc of the cliff. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "if the total distance from A to C is 500 metres and the time taken for the journey is 41 seconds, find the height Bc of the cliff.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let c = height of the cliff<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total A to C distance given as 500m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(500-c) = distance from A to B<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation; time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Run time + fall time = 41 sec<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%28500-c%29%29%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%28500-c%29%29%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%2F25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%2F25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 41<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 100, clears the denominators, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "25(500-c) + 4c = 4100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12500 - 25c + 4c = 4100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-25c + 4c = 4100 - 12500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-21c = -8400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = -8400/-21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 400 meter clif </SPAN>\n" );
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