A woman is sitting in a chair with her cat. When she stands up and tells the cat "Let's go. I'll give
you a treat!", the cat runs to the cabinet where his food is stored (a distance of 12 meters) and then to
his bowl (a distance of 5 meters). For how many second will the cat be waiting and meowing at his
bowl if he can run 10 meters per second and the woman can walk 1 meter per second? Consider that
the woman also needs 2 seconds to take the treat from the cabinet plus 3 more seconds to open the
package and put the treat in the cat's bowl.

Respuesta :

The cat will be waiting and meowing at his bowl for 18.3 seconds.

How to calculate the total time taken?

The time it takes the cat to reach the bowl = 3.7 seconds (17/10 + 2)

The time it takes the woman to reach the bowl = 17 seconds (17/1)

The total time it takes the woman to put the food = 22 seconds (17 + 3 + 2)

Waiting time = 18.3 seconds (22 - 3.7)

Data:

Distance to the cabinet = 12 meters

Distance to the bowl = 5 meters

Total distance to be covered = 17 meters

Speed of the cat = 10 meters/s

Speed of the woman = 1 meter/s

Thus, since the time it takes is dependent on the speed of both, the cat will be waiting and meowing at his bowl for 18.3 seconds.

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