Today Puzzle #791
Puzzle No. 791鈥� Monday 27 July
You travel to Jurassic park on holiday, taking your pet hamster with you. You let your hamster down and it immediately starts to run. One minute later a velociraptor appears from behind a bush and starts to chase after your hamster. Given the hamster can run at 2m/s and the velociraptor runs at 17m/s, how long will it take for the velociraptor to catch up with the hamster?
Today’s #PuzzleForToday has been set by Kitty and Siobhan, Year 12, Oxford High School GDST.
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During the first minute, the distance travelled by the hamster is 2x60=120m. Call the distance travelled by the hamster after the velociraptor appears x m, so the distance travelled by the velociraptor is (120 + x ) m. The time taken will be the same for both the velociraptor and the hamster, and time = distance/speed, so x/2 = (120 +x)/17 which gives x=16m, and so a time of 16/2=8 seconds.
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