Question 429526: Adog chasing a rabbit,which has a start of 45m, jumps 3m everytime the rabbit jumps 2m. In how many leaps does the dog overtake the rabbit?
Answer by htmentor(1343)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! With each jump, the dog gains 1 m on the rabbit. For example, after the first jump the rabbit is 47 m from the dog's starting position,
while the dog is 3 m away from his starting position.
The distance between them is now 44 m.
So, to make up the total separation of 45 m, 45 jumps would be required.
To actually overtake the rabbit, it would require one more jump, for a total of 46.
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