<PRE><B>Question 1094891</B>
Come upon a snake while on a walk and it is flees in opposite direction.
 You run at 2 feet per second faster than the snake.
 After 60 seconds, you and snake are 2500 feet  away from each other.
 What is your speed and what is snake&#39;s speed?
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let s = the speed of the snake in ft/sec
then
(s+2) = your speed
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Write a distance equation: dist = time * speed
60s + 60(s+2) = 2500
60s + 60s + 120 = 2500
120s = 2500 - 120
120s = 2380
s = 2380/120
s = 19.83 ft/sec is the snake speed
then obviously
21.83 ft/sec is your speed
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Check this; find the distance each of you traveled
60 * 19.83 = 1190 ft
60 * 21.83 = 1310
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total dist:  2500 ft</PRE>