Answer:
-5 is the parallel slope to the slope -5.
Multiply both sides by 5
r = 35
<span>time for airplane = 11 am to 1 pm = 2 hr
distance travelled by plane = 2a ------- (speed of plane is a mph)
time for auto = 3 am to 1 pm = 10 hr
distance travelled by plane = 10(a – 200)
2a = 10(a – 200)
8a = 2000
a = 250 mph ----- plane
and 250 – 200 = 50 mph ----- auto </span>
Using a linear function, it is found that the cats will be 490 meters apart in 3 minutes.
<h3>What is a linear function?</h3>
A linear function is modeled by:

In which:
- m is the slope, which is the rate of change, that is, by how much y changes when x changes by 1.
- b is the y-intercept, which is the value of y when x = 0.
In this problem:
- Initially, they are 10 meters apart, hence b = 10.
- They go in opposite directions, each at a speed of 80 meters per minute, hence, each minute, they get 160 meters apart, which means that m = 160.
Hence, the equation for their distance after x minutes is:
d(x) = 160x + 10
For 3 minutes, we have x = 3, hence:
d(3) = 160(3) + 10 = 490.
The cats will be 490 meters apart in 3 minutes.
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You could change the y intercept to something less than positive eight.