A turtle and a snail are 200 feet apart when they start moving towards each other. The turtle is moving at a speed of T feet per minute, and the snail is moving at a speed of S feet per minute. How fast are they approaching each other?

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Harley Zhang

11 October, 00:14

A turtle and a snail are 200 feet apart when they start moving towards each other. The turtle is moving at a speed of T feet per minute, and the snail is moving at a speed of S feet per minute. How fast are they approaching each other?

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Grayson Reyes · Answer 1

T+S feet per minute.

Step-by-step explanation:

As the turtle and the snail are moving towards each other, their relative speed is calculated as the sum of each one's speed.

So, if the speed of the turtle is T feet per minute and the speed of the snail is S per minute, they are approaching each other at T+S feet per minute.

The time that would take them to meet each other is 200 / (T+S) minutes.