Question

The scaredy cats saw each other when they were 10 meters apart. The cats

Answer 1

Using a linear function, it is found that the cats will be 490 meters apart in 3 minutes.

What is a linear function?

A linear function is modeled by:

$y = mx + b$

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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Answer 2

Answer:

490 m

Step-by-step explanation:

run speed = 80 m/min

Therefore, distance ran in 3 minutes = 80 x 3 = 240 m

As the cats are running in opposite directions, if they started from the same point, they would be 240 + 240 = 480 m apart.

However, as they started at a point 10 m apart, we need to add 10 to 480 to calculate the final distance:  480 + 10 = 490m.

Therefore, the cats will be 490m apart after 3 minutes of running in opposite directions (with an initial starting point of 10m apart).