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A cheetah can run at a maximum speed 103 km/h and a gazelle can run at a maximum speed of 76.5 km/h. If both animals are running

at full speed, with the gazelle 99.3 m ahead, how long before the cheetah catches its prey?
Answer in units of s.

Part 2: The cheetah can maintain its maximum speed for only 7.5 s. What is the minimum distance the gazelle must be ahead of the cheetah to have a chance of escape? (After 7.5 s the speed of cheetah is less than that of the gazelle.)

Answer in units of m.

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Katena32 [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

1

$t_a = 13.49 \ s$

2

The distance is $D = 55.2 \ m$

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

The maximum speed of the cheetah is $v = 103 \ km/h = 28.61 \ m/s$

The maximum of gazelle is $u = 76.5 \ km/h = 21.25 \ m/s$

The distance ahead is $d = 99.3 \ m$

Let $t_a$ denote the time which the cheetah catches the gazelle

Gnerally the equation representing the distance the cheetah needs to move in order to catch the gazelle is

$v* t_a = d + u* t_a$

=> $28.61 t_a = 99.3 + 21.25t_a$

=> $7.36 t_a = 99.3$

=> $t_a = 13.49 \ s$

Now at t = 7.5 s

$7.5 v = D+ 7.5u$

=> $28.61 * 7.5 = D + 21.25* 7.5$

=> $7.36 * 7.5 =D$

=> $D = 55.2 \ m$

Hence the for the gazelle to escape the cheetah it must be 55.2 m

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