Question

A mouse is traveling at a rate of 100 feet per hour. One half hour later, a snake smells the

Answer 1

Let, snake catches the mouse in t hours. Till then mouse is travelling from

( t + 1.5 ) hours.

Distance, travelled by mouse in t hours is, $d = 100(t+ 1.5)$ .

To catch the mouse snake had to travel the same distance d in  t hours.

So,

$200t = 100( t + 1.5 )\\\\2t = t + 1.5\\\\t = 1.5 \ hours$

Therefore, snake will catch mouse in 1.5 hours.