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Please help me work through this, thank you! it specifies to round to 2 decimal places

Please help me work through this, thank you! it specifies to round to 2 decimal places-example-1
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Since they will collide the time taken for both to reach the intersection is the same.

Let the time taken by t.

Recall that for steady motion,


\begin{gathered} d=st \\ \text{ Where:} \\ d=\text{ the distance covered} \\ s=\text{ the speed} \\ t=\text{ the time} \end{gathered}

Substitute d = 4 and s = 442 into the equation:


\begin{gathered} 4=442t \\ \text{ Dividing both sides by }442,\text{ it follows that:} \\ t=(4)/(442) \end{gathered}

Therefore, the distance covered by the Coyote in this time is given by:


d=(4)/(442)*481=(74)/(17)

Using the Pythagorean Rule, it follows that the distance between Road Runner and the Coyote along the diagonal is given by:


h=\sqrt{((74)/(17))^2+4^2}

Since speed s for a body that travelled distance d in time t is given by:


s=(d)/(t)

it follows that the required speed is given by:


-\sqrt{((74)/(17))^2+4^2}*(442)/(4)=-65√(101)

Therefore, the required rate is -65√101 kph.

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