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Bob challenges Alice to a swimming race from one end of a 10-meter pool tothe other. Bob is so confident he will win that he lets Alice use the starting blockbecause diving in from there will give her a lead. He will start in the pool at the wall.Alice accepts the offer. At time t=0 seconds, Alice hits the water 2 meters out fromthe edge of the pool at a constant speed of 1 meter per second, which she maintainsthroughout the race. Meanwhile, at t=0, Bob starts off from rest at the pool walland is speeding up. Bob’s distance from the wall at any given time, t, is given byBt()=0.25t2, where Bt() measures the distance from the starting point at the poolwall. Will Bob be able to beat Alice to the opposite end of the pool? Is it possible forBob to win, and if so, how long would the pool need to be for him to win?

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Bob challenges Alice to a swimming race from one end of a 10-meter pool tothe other-example-1
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