Question

A cheetah can run at a maximum speed

91 km/h and a gazelle can run at a maximum speed of 72.7 km/h.
If both animals are running at full speed,
with the gazelle 87.5 m ahead, how long before
the cheetah catches its prey?
Answer in units of s.

Answer 1

Approximately 17.21 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

With subtraction, we have the gazelle 18.3 km/h slower than the cheetah, which is about 5.08333 m/s. As the gazelle is 87.5 meters ahead of the cheetah, 87.5 divided by 5.083333333 is about 17.21 seconds.