Question

8) An extremely handsome math teacher is on African

Safari and sees a hungry lion that just spotted a zebra
headed towards a river. He knows that the lion's top
speed is about 45 feet per second and the zebra's about
40 feet per second. It looks like the Zebra is about 200
feet from the river and the Lion is about 220 feet from the
river.
Complete the table to represent each animals distance
a) Is it good news for the zebra?
b) Write an equation to describe the lion's situation.
c) Write an equation to describe the zebra's situation.

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Answer 1

One less zebra

Explanation:

T z l

0 200 220

1 160 175 (subtract 40 from 200 and 45 from 220)

2 120 130

3 80 85

4 40 = 40 <===== lion has zebra lunch before the river is reached

Zdistance = 200 - 40s

Ldistance = 220 - 45 s where 's' is seconds