In a 21-meter race between a tortoise and a hare, the tortoise leaves 9 minutes before the

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In a 21-meter race between a tortoise and a hare, the tortoise leaves 9 minutes before the hare. The hare, by running at an average speed of 0.5 meter per hour faster than the tortoise, crosses the finish line 3 minutes before the tortoise. What are the average speeds of the tortoise and the hare? 

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Precalculus

ISBN: 978-0321716835

9th edition

Authors: Michael Sullivan

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