A deer and bear stumble across a sleeping skunk. They run away from it in opposite directions - the deer at the speed of 8 feet per second and the bear at the speed of 5 feet per second. How long will it be until the pets are 156 yards apart

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Flakey

11 April, 14:45

A deer and bear stumble across a sleeping skunk. They run away from it in opposite directions - the deer at the speed of 8 feet per second and the bear at the speed of 5 feet per second. How long will it be until the pets are 156 yards apart

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Cadence · Answer 1

12 sec

Step-by-step explanation:

After 1 sec distance between the deer and the bear = (8 + 5) = 13 feet.

After x sec distance is 13x.

13x = 156

x = 156/13=12 sec