OUR 8.4.9 (When Are They The Same?)

You are running back to your jeep from an angry hippopotamus. You are running at a constant rate of 5 meters per second. The hippo is chasing you at a constant rate of 8 meters per second. You are 30 meters from the safety of your jeep, the hippo is 45 meters from the jeep, just 15 meters behind you.

How many seconds will it take you to reach the jeep?

You are running back to your jeep from an angry hippopotamus. You are running at a constant rate of 5 meters per second. The hippo is chasing you at a constant rate of 8 meters per second. You are 30 meters from the safety of your jeep, the hippo is 45 meters from the jeep, just 15 meters behind you.

How many seconds will it take the hippo to reach the jeep?

You are running back to your jeep from an angry hippopotamus. You are running at a constant rate of 5 meters per second. The hippo is chasing you at a constant rate of 8 meters per second. You are 30 meters from the safety of your jeep, the hippo is 45 meters from the jeep, just 15 meters behind you.

Which equation could be used to find out when the hippo will catch you?

You are running back to your jeep from an angry hippopotamus. You are running at a constant rate of 5 meters per second. The hippo is chasing you at a constant rate of 8 meters per second. You are 30 meters from the safety of your jeep, the hippo is 45 meters from the jeep, just 15 meters behind you.

In how many seconds will the hippo overtake you?

Will you beat the hippo to your jeep?

• You probably will

• You probably won't

• Hippos primarily stay in water

• Hippopotamus is hard to spell