Kirby places frog and Beth's snail on point 0 in on the number line. As Beth's snail slowly slimed forward in the positive direc
tion, Kirby's frog hopped in the opposite direction. By the time Beth's snail reached the number 2, Kirby's frog me four jumps, each 3 units long. How far apart are the snail and the frog at this point?
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The solution is
<u>EXPLANATION</u>
We have
and
Let us substitute equation (1) in to equation (2). This gives us,
We rewrite this as a quadratic equation as the highest degree is 2.
This implies that
we factor to obtain,
This means,
We substitute this values into any of the above equations, preferably equation (1)
When, ,
When, ,
The solution is
