document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1095856>Question 1095856</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A whale is swimming in a straight line at a rate of 34 kilometers per hour. Trailing exactly 2 kilometers behind is a whale-watching tour boat that is traveling 81 kilometers per hour. How long will it be before the tour boat catches up to the whale?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #710359 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=710359\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> distance=velocity * time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The boat has to go 2 km at a net closing speed of 81-34 or 47 km/h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2=47 km/h*t h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=2/47 hours or 120/47 minutes or 2.55 min.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In 2.55 min, the whale will travel 68/47 km; the boat will travel 162/47 km.  The latter distance is 2 km more than the first one.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 minutes and 33 seconds </SPAN>\n" );
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