When the tortoise raced the hare, the former maintained a constant pace of one mile per hour throughout the race; while the latt

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When the tortoise raced the hare, the former maintained a constant pace of one mile per hour throughout the race; while the latt

er, being overconfident, wasted much time and averaged only 3/4 miles per hour for the first half of the course. How fast must the hare run over the second half of the course in order to win?

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katen-ka-za [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-14T05:20:44+03:00

katen-ka-za [31]2 years ago

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<span>The tortoise is runing one mile per hour the entire race. The hare is runing 3/4 only the first half. If we multiply by 2 totis =2 miles and hare =1.50 the hare need to run 1/2 or .50 faster to beat the tortis.</span>