SOLUTION: A cougaar spots a fawn 132 meters away. The cougar starts toward the fawn at a speed of 18 meters per second. At the same instant, the fawn starts running away at 11 meters per se
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Question 534147: A cougaar spots a fawn 132 meters away. The cougar starts toward the fawn at a speed of 18 meters per second. At the same instant, the fawn starts running away at 11 meters per second. How far is the cougar from the fawn after 8 sceons? When will they be 60 meters apart? Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let's assume the fawn will run directly away from the cougar, and the cougar will follow, both running on the same straight line trajectory.
The distance (in meters) between them will shorten every second by
At that rate, the time in seconds for the distance to become zero is
The decimal above is not exact. If you want to express it as an exact number, you'll have to write it as 18 6/7.
