document.write( "Question 657575: A pack of elephants are moving at 6 mph. One gets left behind. It chased at a rate of 10 mph and caught up in 5 minutes. Howlong in hours did it run to catch up? How far did the lone elephant run? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #843711 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A pack of elephants are moving at 6 mph. One gets left behind. It chased at a rate of 10 mph and caught up in 5 minutes. Howlong in hours did it run to catch up? How far did the lone elephant run? \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let the catchup distance be x miles\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "time to catchup 5 minutes= 5/60 hours = 1/12 hours \n" ); document.write( "rate of lone elephant = 10mph\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "D= s*t\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "D= 1/12 * 10 =5/6 m \n" ); document.write( " |