Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
Let be "s" the length in meters of the short piece and "l" the lenght in meters of the long piece.
Set up a system of equations:

Apply the Substitution Method to solve the system. Substitute the second equation into the first equation and solve for "l":

Susbstitute the value of "l" into the second equation in order to find the value of "s". This is:

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216 ft per minute or 3.6 ft per second
515 divided by 216 is 2.38
it takes 2.38 minutes for the specified ant to crawl 515 feet
The graph of
... y = 3/4 - 2
is a horizontal line at y = -1.25.
The graph of
... y = (3/4)x - 2
is an upward-sloping line with a rise of 3 for every 4 units to the right. It intercepts the y-axis at y = -2.